n a continuation of VECINA and PALA’s roundtable series, please join our next roundtable focusing on OAR asylum interview experiences. Panelists include: Elissa Steglich (University of Texas Law School), Alyssa Williams (Catholic Community Services of Utah), Mercedes Riggs (SOAR Legal Services, Portland, OR), Amina Fields (CAIR Los Angeles) and Iva Panayotova (CWS Greensboro). All together, they have attended more than 25 Afghan OAR asylum interviews spanning different asylum offices across the U.S. - including Arlington, VA, Houston, TX, and San Francisco, CA. Learn how different asylum officers are handling OAR Parolee Afghan interviews, common questions that have come up, and how asylum officers are vetting TRIG and persecutor bar issues.

Register here for this free roundtable.