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How We Break Our Promise to Protect Asylum-Seekersnew

Secrecy is an essential part of America's promise to refugees. Sometimes, though, secrets leak out. Especially for those refugees the government decides to send back home. In Peter's case, it began with a mere paperwork error.
Westword  |  Lisa Rab  |  10-14-2008  |  Immigration

Seeking Asylum in U.S. Immigration Courts is All in the Luck of the Drawnew

Depending on whom asylum-seekers draw as their judge, they may get a rubber stamp on their application -- or an almost instant denial.
Los Angeles CityBeat  |  Mira Jang  |  09-19-2008  |  Immigration

Bureaucratic Delays Leave Guatemalans in a Bindnew

The U.S. government has recently rejected thousands of Guatemalan asylum claims that had been pending for years -- but civil rights groups, arguing that applicants aren't to blame for long paperwork processing delays, are challenging the orders.
Dallas Observer  |  Megan Feldman  |  03-20-2007  |  Immigration

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