Lives in the Balance : Asylum Adjudication by the Department of Homeland Security /

Lives in the Balance : Asylum Adjudication by the Department of Homeland Security /

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Although Americans generally think that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security is focused only on preventing terrorism, one office within that agency has a humanitarian mission. Its Asylum Office adjudicates applications from people fleeing persecution in their homelands. Lives in the Balance is a...

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Main Authors: Schrag, Philip G. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Schrag, Philip G., 1943- (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Ramji-Nogales, Jaya (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Schoenholtz, Andrew I. (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
Corporate Author: De Gruyter
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : New York University Press, [2014]
Subjects:
United States > Department of Homeland Security.
Administrative procedure > United States
Asylum, Right of > United States
Emigration and immigration law > United States
Political refugees > Government policy > United States
Political refugees > Legal status, laws, etc > United States.
Administrative procedure
Asylum, Right of
Emigration and immigration law
LAW / General
POLITICAL SCIENCE / General
Political refugees
Political refugees > Government policy
Political refugees > Legal status, laws, etc
United States
Electronic books.
Dictionaries
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Figures and Tables
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. Seeking Refuge
  • 2. The Applicants and the Adjudicators
  • 3. The One-Year Filing Deadline
  • 4. Timeliness
  • 5. The Rejections
  • 6. Four Eras of Asylum Adjudication: Grant Rates over Time
  • 7. Perceptions about the Asylum Seekers
  • 8. Variations across the Regional Asylum Offices
  • 9. Disparities within Asylum Offices
  • 10. The Asylum Officers
  • 11. Conclusions
  • Appendix
  • Notes
  • Index
  • About the Authors
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Figures and Tables
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. Seeking Refuge
  • 2. The Applicants and the Adjudicators
  • 3. The One-Year Filing Deadline
  • 4. Timeliness
  • 5. The Rejections
  • 6. Four Eras of Asylum Adjudication: Grant Rates over Time
  • 7. Perceptions about the Asylum Seekers
  • 8. Variations across the Regional Asylum Offices
  • 9. Disparities within Asylum Offices
  • 10. The Asylum Officers
  • 11. Conclusions
  • Appendix
  • Notes
  • Index
  • About the Authors

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