Immigration Judges and U.S. Asylum Policy / / Banks Miller, Jennifer S. Holmes, Linda Camp Keith.
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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Miller, Banks, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Immigration Judges and U.S. Asylum Policy / Banks Miller, Jennifer S. Holmes, Linda Camp Keith. Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2014] ©2015 1 online resource (248 p.) : 13 illus. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Creating a Dataset -- Chapter 3. A Cognitive Approach to IJ Decision Making -- Chapter 4. Local Conditions and IJ Decision Making -- Chapter 5. Appealing to the Board of Immigration Appeals -- Chapter 6. Th e Policy Gap and Asylum Outcomes -- Chapter 7. IJs and Reform of the U.S. Asylum System -- Notes -- References -- Index -- Acknowledgments restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star 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 decide seemingly similar cases, which implies a host of legal concerns-not the least of which is whether judicial bias is more determinative of the decision to admit those fleeing persecution to the United States than is the merit of the claim. These disparities also raise important policy considerations about how to fix what many perceive to be a broken adjudication system.With theoretical sophistication and empirical rigor, Immigration Judges and U.S. Asylum Policy investigates more than 500,000 asylum cases that were decided by U.S. immigration judges between 1990 and 2010. The authors find that judges treat certain facts about an asylum applicant more objectively than others: facts determined to be legally relevant tend to be treated similarly by judges of different political ideologies, while facts considered extralegal are treated subjectively. Furthermore, the authors examine how local economic and political conditions as well as congressional reforms have affected outcomes in asylum cases, concluding with a series of policy recommendations aimed at improving the quality of immigration law decision making rather than trying to reduce disparities between decision makers. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Aug 2021) Asylum, Right of United States. Asylum, Right of. Electronic books. Emigration and immigration law United States. Emigration and immigration law. Human Rights. LAW / Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice. bisacsh Law. Political Science. Public Policy. Holmes, Jennifer S., author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Keith, Linda Camp, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG and UP eBook Package 2000-2015 9783110638721 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE Complete Package 2014 9783110369526 ZDB-23-DGG Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE Law 2014 9783110370232 ZDB-23-DGC Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Pennsylvania Press Complete Package 2014-2015 9783110665932 print 9780812246605 https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812290370 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780812290370 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9780812290370.jpg |
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