Virtual Law Library
Official immigration-law research hub with agency decisions, statutes, regulations, country-condition research, manuals, and related resources.
Open EOIR Virtual Law Library ↗Free legal research tool
Asylum Case Explorer
Search public federal asylum decisions in plain language. Compare how courts discuss credibility, evidence, persecution, protected grounds, country conditions, relocation, filing deadlines, and other recurring issues.
Independent educational research tool. Not a government website, law firm, legal advice service, or prediction of how another case will be decided.
Search general legal issues, not your private case details. Do not enter an A-number, address, date of birth, phone number, or confidential facts. Your search terms are sent to CourtListener to find public court decisions.
Official immigration precedent
Federal court cases are only one part of asylum research.
Most original asylum proceedings happen within the immigration system, not federal district court. Use these official EOIR resources alongside the Case Explorer.
AG/BIA Precedent Decisions
Published Attorney General and Board of Immigration Appeals precedent decisions. Published BIA decisions can bind immigration courts and DHS.
Browse official precedent ↗BIA Precedent Chart
EOIR’s topic-organized chart includes asylum subjects such as credibility, country conditions, firm resettlement, particular social group, persecution, and well-founded fear.
Browse asylum precedent topics ↗WHAT THIS TOOL DOES
Helps you research patterns and legal language.
- Search public case-law opinions by issue.
- See the court, date, citation, docket number, and source excerpt.
- Include unpublished decisions when useful for research.
- Open every result at the original CourtListener source.
WHAT IT DOES NOT DO
It does not evaluate or predict your case.
- It does not tell you whether you qualify for asylum.
- It does not replace an attorney or accredited representative.
- It does not contain every immigration judge or unpublished BIA decision.
- A similar case does not guarantee a similar result.
Research the law. Then organize your own evidence.
Use the free evidence checklist to turn what you learn into a practical list of documents, witnesses, dates, and missing items to work on.
About the source
Case-law search results are provided through the CourtListener Legal Search API, a Free Law Project service. US Asylum Help does not alter the original court decision. Always follow the source link and read the full opinion before relying on a result.