Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction. Expert Witnessing: A Call to Scholars -- Part I. The Professional Is Political. Life Stories in Asylum Work -- 1. Thomas Davies, "I can't not do it" -- 2. Guatemalan Women's Asylum in the United States -- 3. Putting Expertise to Work -- Part II. Enhancing Expertise: Legal, Conceptual, and Practical Guidance for Scholar-Experts -- 4. Understanding the Legal Framework of Gender-Based Asylum -- 5. The Fragility of Particular Social Groups -- 6. Practicing Expert Witnessing -- Part III. Learning the System: Tools for Context and Support in Asylum Work -- 7. History and Politics of Immigration, Refugee, and Asylum Laws and Policies in the United States -- 8. Supporting Asylum Seekers in Detention -- 9. Trauma and Support for Asylum Seekers, Legal Service Providers, and Expert Witnesses -- Appendix 1. Country Conditions Expert Affidavit/ Declaration -- Appendix 2. Elements to Consider in Expert Witness/ Legal Service Provider Agreements -- Contributors -- Index.

A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program. Visitwww.luminosoa.org to learn more. This multidisciplinary volume brings together experienced expert witnesses and immigration attorneys to highlight best practices and strategies for giving expert testimony in asylum cases. As the scale and severity of violence in Latin America has grown in the last decade, scholars and attorneys have collaborated to defend the rights of immigrant women, children, and LGBTQ+ persons who are threatened by gender-based, sexual, and gang violence in their home countries. Researchers in anthropology, history, political science, and sociology have regularly supported the work of immigration lawyers and contributed to public debates on immigration reform, but the academy contains untapped scholarly expertise that, guided by the resources provided in this handbook, can aid asylum seekers and refugees and promote the fair adjudication of asylum claims in US courts. As the recent refugee crisis of immigrant mothers and children and unaccompanied minors has made clear, there is an urgent need for academics to work with other professionals to build a legal framework and national network that can respond effectively to this human rights crisis.

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