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The Endless Debate: Refugees Law And Policy And The 1980 Refugee Act, Kenneth D. Brill
The Endless Debate: Refugees Law And Policy And The 1980 Refugee Act, Kenneth D. Brill
Cleveland State Law Review
Refugee policy and law have developed largely in an ad hoc manner, as the nation has responded to crises around the world with both altruism and political self-interest. Against the foreground of refugee and asylum claims by unfortunate individuals there has been an unending struggle among the three branches of the United States government to make the rules for handling these claims. Part II discusses the way refugee policy became a weapon in the Cold War and the formal abandonment of that approach with the adoption of the 1980 Refugee Act. Part III contains an analysis of the claims of …
In Re Polovchak: Guidelines For The Grant Of Asylum To A Minor, Cheryl A. Blackburn
In Re Polovchak: Guidelines For The Grant Of Asylum To A Minor, Cheryl A. Blackburn
Cleveland State Law Review
The Polovchak controversy recently accentuated the absence of clear guidelines applicable to the grant of asylum to a minor. This Note will commence with an exploration of the competing interests which would be affected by the grant of asylum to a minor, including the parents' interest, the minor's interest, and the interest of the state. An analysis of the historical and current federal asylum procedure will follow. After examining In re Polovchak, this Note will recommend that a revision of the current asylum process is necessary to protect individual interests from arbitrary and unjustified decisions. Such a revision would establish …