Immigrants can apply for asylum within a year of arriving in the United States and may qualify if they can show that they have suffered persecution or have a "well-founded fear of future persecution" on the basis of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group or political opinion.
"Yee has met his burden of showing that he suffered past persecution on account of his political opinion and has a well-founded fear of future persecution in Singapore," Cole wrote in a 13-page decision more than two weeks after Yee's closed-door hearing on the asylum application.
Specifically, the applicant must show that he or she is unable or unwilling to avail him or herself of the protection of his or her home country because he or she has suffered past persecution or has a well-founded fear of future persecution on account of one of five protected grounds: race, religion, nationality, political opinion, or membership in a particular social group.
To win political asylum, foreign nationals must prove to a judge that they have been persecuted in the past or have a well-founded fear of persecution in the future based on five specific statutory grounds: race, religion, nationality, political opinion or membership in a particular social group.
"It's a well-founded, pretty detailed M.O.U".
Prerequisite for a successful support is a well-founded analysis of a hydraulic system's structure.
That is, we have failed to deliver them a well-founded feeling of security.
There is a well-founded tradition of violece in the North.
It's a well-founded fear given the Taliban's record of targeted killings.
Broad specialist knowledge and a well-founded understanding of explosion protection are of benefit to all.
"It is further evidence that he [Snowden] has a well-founded fear of persecution.
