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USCIS Updates Officer Training on Credible Fear of Persecution and Torture Determinations
USCIS updated its Refugee, Asylum, and International Operations (RAIO) Directorate Officer Training course on credible fear of persecution and torture determinations, to explain how to determine whether an individual subject to expedited removal or an arriving stowaway has a credible fear.
Cite as AILA Doc. No. 19050602.
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- Previous Guidance: RAIO and Asylum Division Officer Training Course on Credible Fear of Persecution and Torture Determinations – Effective February 27, 2017
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