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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 Balanc...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Schoenholtz, Andrew Ian, 1951- (Autor), Schrag, Philip G., 1943- (Autor), Ramji-Nogales, Jaya (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : New York University Press, [2014]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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