Refugee law still needs fix
Article Abstract:
Immigration detention is expanding, and congressional restrictions on access to asylum unnecessarily deprive refugees of protection. Through the process of expedited removal, those arriving in the US without proper travel documents are summarily returned unless indicating their intent to apply for asylum. Immigration inspectors, not specially trained asylum officers, do initial screening of refugees. Those deemed inadmissible are removed immediately. A Lawyers Committee for Human Rights report has criticized the expedited removal process.
Publication Name: The National Law Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0162-7325
Year: 1998
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It's cosy in the castle with the drawbridge up
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New federal curbs on immigration by refugees who fear persecution in their native countries promise to diminish the US's reputation and reflect a new international competition to be less generous. The new restrictions may be applied to unadmitted aliens who have been in the US for up to two years, and include a disturbing 'safe third country' bar permitting the removal of many aliens. Minor concessions in the new laws expand the definition of refugee and forbid removal to a country where the refugee's life would be threatened.
Publication Name: The National Law Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0162-7325
Year: 1996
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Anti-immigrant bill flouts U.N. agreement
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Proposed changes in immigration policy now under consideration in the House and Senate would unwisely throw out a newly revised system that protects asylum-seekers. They would damage the US's committment to the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and its 1967 Protocol. Already aspects of the US asylum system are under international fire, and the number of people potentially in need of it is rising. S 269 and HR 2202 are not needed, but do offer high-profile alternatives to substantive legislation.
Publication Name: The National Law Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0162-7325
Year: 1995
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