Refugee Roulette: Disparities in Asylum Adjudication and Proposals for Reform

by Philip Schrag, Andrew Schoenholtz, Jaya Ramji-Nogales, et al.

Book Overview

Through the Refugee Act of 1980, the United States offers the prospect of safety to people who flee to America to escape rape, torture, and even death in their native countries. In order to be granted asylum, however, an applicant must prove to an asylum officer or immigration judge that she has a well-founded fear of persecution in her homeland. The chance of winning asylum should have little if anything to do with the personality of the official...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081474074X
• ISBN13: 9780814740743
• Release Date: September 2009
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 354 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.3"