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Immigration judges and U.S. asylum policy /

Although there are legal norms to secure the uniform treatment of asylum claims in the United States, anecdotal and empirical evidence suggest that strategic and economic interests also influence asylum outcomes. Previous research has demonstrated considerable variation in how immigration judges dec...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Miller, Banks P., 1979- (Autor), Holmes, Jennifer S. (Autor), Keith, Linda Camp (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©2015.
Colección:Pennsylvania studies in human rights.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Creating a dataset
  • A cognitive approach to IJ decision making
  • Local conditions and IJ decision making
  • Appealing to the Board of Immigration Appeals
  • The policy gap and asylum outcomes
  • IJs and reform of the U.S. asylum system.