U.S. Immigration Law Research Guide: Asylum/Refugee Law Secondary Sources

Anker's guide to U.S. asylum law provides a thorough overview of the elements for establishing asylum and witholding of removal claims, as well as information on defining persecution and forms of persecutory harm. Also includes in-depth coverage of evidence requirements (including country conditions), and bars to asylum and witholding of removal.

This work is a collection abstracts of U.S. federal court asylum cases from 1980 to the present, organized according to subject area. Each abstract includes the case history, case holding, and Bluebook-formatted citation.

Published by American Immigration Lawyers' Association, this guide serves as an excellent orientation as to legal standards for asylum and witholding of removal.