Many times people who are religious workers, catechists, or members of Christian Base communities qualify for asylum. Often people are persecuted because they belong to a particular social group. Sometimes people are persecuted because of their race. This means that if you have been or may be persecuted because of your skin color, origin or background you may qualify for asylum. 5. Some people are persecuted because of their nationality.
Nationality is similar to race.
It can mean your country of citizenship, country of origin or your ethnic group. Recently, the immigration and federal courts have also created a new ground for persecution based on sex and the treatment of women in foreign countries, and this ground may include the practice of female genital mutilation in the asylum applicant's home country. If the persons who are persecuting you are doing so for personal reasons only, you will not win your case. Yet, if you have a well-founded belief that the persons who are persecuting you are doing so for a number of reasons, one of which is personal, then you may be able to obtain political asylum in the United States. The closer the persecution came to you, the stronger your case will be.