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EOIR Issues Policy Memo on Pretermission of Legally Insufficient Asylum Applications

4/11/25 AILA Doc. No. 25041116. Asylum, Removal & Relief

On 4/11/25, EOIR Acting Director Sirce Owen issued Policy Memorandum (PM) 25-28 to provide guidance on the legal standards related to the pretermission of a legally insufficient application for asylum. Among other things, the policy memo states that adjudicators may properly consider pretermission of a legally deficient asylum application, though the ultimate decision on pretermission remains with the presiding adjudicator.

Cite as AILA Doc. No. 25041116.