"He was just a political asylee who was grateful and wanted to do something for the community."

Another asylee alleged he could not secure housing due to his Muslim faith.

Her sister, who has also sought asylee status, has been waiting to be approved for five years.

In the United States a recognized asylum seeker is known as an asylee.

This had been urged for years because the average asylee had a 17-year wait before he would be able to achieve legal resident status.

Upwardly Global helps immigrant, refugee, and asylee professionals find jobs in their career fields.

Another 15.0 percent adjusted from a refugee or asylee status, and 5.2 percent were diversity-lottery winners.

Turani came to the United States on August 12, 1988 and became the first Uyghur political asylee.

Currently, an asylee who has continuously resided in the US for more than one year in that status has an immediately available visa number.

"In any other country in the world," Mr. Diaz-Balart said, "if you're an asylee, you cannot go back until the political conditions change."

He's a legal asylee of the Russian Federation and the press needs to get that right and I think our government understands that at this point.

After two months as an asylee, Snowden made his first public appearance to accept the award, a candlestick holder meant to symbolize "bringing light to dark corners."

These days, however, it is not possible to do this because the UNHCR checks to verify that the asylee is not a Pakistani citizen.

Virginia Vallejo García is a Colombian author, journalist, television anchorwoman, media personality, socialite, and political asylee in the United States of America.

In June, René had a surprise encounter with Julian Assange, founder of Wikileaks, an asylee for two years at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London.

An Iranian asylee alleged that he was fired from his position at a major television station that has strong links with the Church of Cyprus when he mentioned that he was Muslim.

Anybody who states under oath to a border agent that he or she is a citizen, lawful permanent resident, or asylee cannot be subject to expedited removal and gets an opportunity to appear before an immigration judge.

With, for example, the grant of asylum provided by Venezuela's President Maduro, my asylee status is now formal, and no state has a basis by which to limit or interfere with my right to enjoy that asylum.

Upwardly Global is a 501c3 non-profit organization, based in San Francisco with an additional office in New York and Chicago that helps immigrant, refugee and asylee professionals rebuild their careers in the United States.

Up until 2004, recipients of asylee status faced a wait of approximately fourteen years to receive permanent resident status after receiving their initial status, because of an annual cap of 10,000 green cards for this class of individuals.

Additionally, students must be U.S. Citizens, U.S. Nationals, U.S. Permanent Residents, Temporary Residents (legalization program), Refugees, Asylee, Cuban-Haitian Entrants, or Humanitarian Parolees.

CARIBE (Career Recruitment and Instruction - Basic English) is a program for recent entrants to the United States from Cuba, Haiti, Colombia, Afghanistan, Vietnam and other entrants with refugee or asylee status.

Is a legal U.S. resident; lawfully admitted permanent resident alien, refugee, asylee, or parolee, or other immigrant who has been authorized by the U.S. attorney general to work in the United States; or resident of a U.S. territory.

There is no right to asylum in the United States; however, if an applicant is eligible, they have a procedural right to have the Attorney General make a discretionary determination as to whether the applicant should be admitted into the United States as an asylee.

JALA is a mid-size law firm with over 50 lawyers and support staff who offer free legal services to low income clients in civil legal matters which include public benefits, employment/unemployment law, family law, landlord-tenant disputes, fair housing, guardianship, refugee and asylee immigration, foreclosure defense, and consumer law.