Some time ago a reader sent this web page (American Immigration Center) describing eligibility and how one might apply for asylum in the US. Since we write about asylum almost every day, I’ll post this in our ‘where to find information’ category for future reference. However, be aware this is not an official government website (even if it looks like one at first glance). Here is the home page for the American Immigration Center.
I can’t figure out who this group is, but it appears to be set up to get more would-be immigrants information they need to get into the US (and it probably isn’t free to the hopeful immigrant wannabe!). It does, however, give us some useful information.
Here is how they open their asylum page:
Millions of people every year find themselves displaced due to one form of persecution or another. Groups of people have been subjected to terrible conditions for the entirety of history based upon their ethnicity, religion, beliefs or some other or much more arbitrary reason, but the fortunate thing is that there are countries that can provide much needed relief to these peoples. The United States is one of the foremost.
Definitions and how-to follow (click here).