Facing a Motion to Pretermit? Your I-589 Could Get You Deported

Got a motion to pretermit filed against your asylum application? Before your next master calendar hearing, you need to watch this. Asylum lawyer and former government asylum officer Brian Manning explains exactly what a motion to pretermit means for your Form I-589, and the one mistake that gets defensive asylum cases denied before they ever reach a merits hearing.

A motion to pretermit is NOT a normal step in your case. It's a request to deny your asylum case before you ever get a merits hearing, and a weak I-589 is all the prosecutor needs.

Here's what Brian covers in this video:

- What a motion to pretermit is and why ICE files it at your master calendar hearing

- Why the substantive questions on your Form I-589 can sink even a strong case

- The critical difference between your personal declaration and your I-589 answers, and why "see attached declaration" doesn't protect you

- How to ask the immigration judge for a continuance if you're caught off guard

- Why filing a brand-new I-589 can trigger the one-year filing deadline and make things worse

- The right way to amend your defensive asylum application before your hearing

Warning: If you have a defensive asylum case in immigration court, this applies to you directly. A motion to pretermit filed at your master calendar hearing or individual hearing, without an attorney present, can result in a deportation order that same day, before you ever tell a judge your story.

The time to fix your I-589 is before the prosecutor acts, not after.

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