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Atlanta's Strict Judges Make Asylum Elusive

By AAN Staff
february 26, 2004  06:18 pm
Atlanta's Strict Judges Make Asylum Elusive
Creative Loafing writer Steve Fennessy follows the case of a couple with four children trying to establish in federal court that they have a "well-founded fear of persecution" if they return to Iran. It doesn't bode well for them that they're appearing before William Cassidy in Atlanta. One of the toughest immigration judges in the country, Cassidy rejects more than 10 asylum cases for each one he approves. Most decisions depend on how well refugees tell their stories.
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