Our office has represented many people who have fled their country because they have suffered harm because of their:

• race
• religion
• national origin
• membership in groups, and/or
• political opinions

Examples of the asylum seekers we have represented are:

• a Haitian man who was targeted because of his political activity
• a gay Ugandan woman who was forced into marriage with a man and suffered domestic violence
• a woman from Cameroon who was detained and tortured because of her membership in political organizations
• a Ugandan woman who was in fear of female circumcision by her tribe
• an Ethiopian boy who was targeted because of his mixed Ethiopian/Eritrean ethnicity
• a man from Somalia whose family members were killed because of their clan membership
• a Colombian student who was outspoken about her political beliefs

We have represented asylum claims from many countries including:

• Uganda
• Ethiopia
• Cameroon
• Somalia
• Venezuela
• Colombia
• Rwanda
• Haiti
• Nepal
• Algeria
• El Salvador
• Nigeria

We represent asylum seekers who have yet not filed their applications with USCIS and we also represent asylum seekers whose cases are in the Immigration Court.