With an increased amount of attention on Salvadoran, Guatemalan, and Honduran asylum-seekers at the southern border, Central American asylum cases remain one of the hottest topics in asylum litigation. Our expert panel discusses some of the most common factual scenarios and brainstorms strategies to win.

Topics:

• Common Factual Scenarios: Domestic Violence and Gender-Based Claims, Gang Resistance, and Whistleblowers
• The Asylum Office: Preparing for Credible Fear, Reasonable Fear, and Unaccompanied Alien Child (UAC) Interviews
• Immigration Court Issues: UAC "Surge" Cases and the "Rocket Docket"
• Creative Strategies for Framing the Claim

Faculty:

• Dree Collopy (dl), AILA Asylum & Refugee Liaison Committee Chair, Washington, DC
• Stephen Manning, AILA Board of Governors, Portland, OR
• Paul S. Zoltan, Dallas, TX

Cost and Registration:
Register at http://agora.aila.org/Conference/Detail/1071.