Immigration Judges and U.S. Asylum Policy

by Linda Camp Keith, Banks Miller, Jennifer S. Holmes

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812246608
• ISBN13: 9780812246605
• Release Date: December 2014
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.1"