Asylum information and FAQs from USCIS
This is an official US government site giving information about asylum from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS), a division inside the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). This page has links to questions about asylum and the interview.
You can find the asylum application form here.

List of Immigration Detention facilities from ICE
ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) administers detention of all immigrants, not just asylum seekers. ICE officers are also the first point of contact for all immigrants at airports and other border crossings.

Asylum seekers: find legal representation

LawHelp, Find free legal aid in your area
(chose your state, then the services you need, then your county or city)
Find Legal Help, Lawyer search from the American Bar Association

New York: Human Rights First, HIAS
San Francisco/Bay Area: Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights
Los Angeles: Public Counsel
Austin, Texas: Political Asylum Project of Austin
Minneapolis, Minnesota: The Advocates for Human Rights
Boston: PAIR
Seattle/Northwest: Northwest Immigrants Rights Project

Lawyers: become a pro bono attorney for asylum seekers

Pro Bono Net, asylum resources for pro bono lawyers
Human Rights First (NYC and Washington)
Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights (San Francisco)
The Advocates for Human Rights (Minneapolis)
PAIR (Boston)

Statistics

DHS immigration statistics which include asylum
Department of Justice statistics, list of statistics by year (PDFs)
UNHCR statistics on refugees worldwide
Statistics from the US census on foreign-born people