{"id":35,"date":"2018-01-03T15:15:35","date_gmt":"2018-01-03T15:15:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/usa\/?page_id=35"},"modified":"2024-11-19T21:48:21","modified_gmt":"2024-11-19T21:48:21","slug":"asylum-seekers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/usa\/rights-and-duties\/asylum-seekers\/","title":{"rendered":"Asylum Seekers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-background\" style=\"background-color:#faeb00\">If you have a loved one who is currently in ICE detention, they can contact UNHCR\u2019s Detention Hotline for free by dialing 566# on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays between 2-5pm EST.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>If you are seeking protection in the United States, you have certain rights and duties, including the right to claim asylum and the duty to respect the laws and regulations of the United States.<\/p>\n<p>For information concerning work, family, and residency, please see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uscis.gov\/humanitarian\/refugees-asylum\/asylum\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">United States Citizenship and Immigration Services<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Common questions regarding rights and duties of defensive asylum seekers may include:<\/p>\n<p><em>*Information adapted from the<\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aila.org\/advo-media\/tools\/psas\/know-your-rights-asylum-seekers?utm_source=aila.org&amp;utm_medium=InfoNet%20Search\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">American Immigration Lawyers Association<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you have a loved one who is currently in ICE detention, they can contact UNHCR\u2019s Detention Hotline for free by dialing 566# on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays between 2-5pm EST. If you are seeking protection in the United States, you have certain rights and duties, including the right to claim asylum and the duty [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":33,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/sectioned.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-35","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1243,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35\/revisions\/1243"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/33"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}