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AILA Publishes Comments on Proposed Revisions to the Form I-589

· December 2, 2016

On September 19, 2016, the Department of Homeland Security published a new proposed rule revising the Form I-589, Application for Asylum and for Withholding of Removal. The proposed changes were published in the Federal Register at 81 FR 64190 [PDF version]. The proposed changes to the Form I-589 were open for public comment until November 18, 2016.

On November 18, 2016, the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) submitted its comments on the proposed revisions for the Form I-589 [PDF version].¹ The comments include several suggested revisions to the proposal, and are well worth reading.

We will update the site with information when and if the USCIS publishes a new edition of the Form I-589, Application for Asylum and Withholding of Removal. Please see the relevant sections on our website to learn more about asylum and refugee protection [see category] and withholding of removal [see article].

AILA Doc. No. 16111812 (Nov. 18, 2016)

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