QUESTION
is it true that political asylum cases in state of texas are delayed due to a law that applies only in texas?
Asked on Aug 09th, 2012 on Immigration - Texas
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my family and i have arrived recently to the USAfrom sudan and want to apply for political asylum however we have heard from friends that although the political asylum procedure are unified state wide, the state of texas has a specific law that delayes this procedure to expand beyond the regular time frame, Is that true?
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The immigration service does not take into account what state of the union you are in when adjudicating affirmative asylum cases. State law does not govern federal asylum claims. If an asylee lives in Texas, they would file their asylum application (I-589) with the Texas Service Center (a federal processing facility located in Texas). Maybe the information you heard was that processing times for these cases at the Texas Service Center are taking longer than in other service centers.
Answered on Aug 11th, 2012 at 6:31 PM