Resources for 8-24-11 Seminar - AILA webCLE

24Conditions in your country of birthYou can write about the personal reasons why you don’t want to relocate to a country youmay hardly remember. Emphasize the lack of educational and economic opportunities ifthese are factors in your country of birth. If you fear certain conditions there, forexample, the increasingly violence in Mexico, or gang recruitment and crime in CentralAmerica, this is a good place to mention these factors. You can also highlight the fact, ifthis is applicable to your case, that you have little to no contact with family members inyour country of birth and may not have a place live if forced to return. If you have aparticular health condition that could not be treated or would become worse in yourcountry of birth, include that information.Lack of other means of immigration: Some of you may have no means to legallyimmigrate to the U.S. at this time. Others may be on waiting list for an immigrant visabut may age-out by the time a visa becomes available. Discuss this issue in your affidavit.These are just some ideas to help you develop your statement and is not intended to be anexhaustive list of factors. Thus, if there are any other special factors in your case, be sureand include them. Remember that the purpose of this affidavit is to make a strongargument as to why you should be granted prosecutorial discretion and deferred action inthe exercise of discretion.