Lives in the Balance : Asylum Adjudication by the Department of Homeland Security /
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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New York, NY :
New York University Press,
[2014]
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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