Asylum
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In 2023, we commended USCIS for finally developing guidance on the definition and process for determining statelessness, as well as describing its impact on several types of immigration benefits applications. This guidance had been lacking for decades, leaving stateless individuals and USCIS adjudicators with a confusing void when faced with immigration benefits issues.
On June 5, 2025, USCIS removed the carefully drafted guidance of 2023 and replaced it with literally nothing to guide adjudicators or individuals who are stateless. The entire chapter of Volume 3, Part K has been removed, and there is no replacement guidance provided as the chapter is now simply “reserved.” ILRC posted this comment to oppose this change.
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