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Political Asylum In The Ninth Circuit And The Case Of Elias-Zacarias, Bruce J. Einhorn
Political Asylum In The Ninth Circuit And The Case Of Elias-Zacarias, Bruce J. Einhorn
San Diego Law Review
During the height of the Central American civil wars of the 1980s, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals established liberal precedent for granting asylum under the Immigration and Nationality Act to deportable aliens who had been threatened for resisting government or guerrilla service in their native countries because of their political opinions (including neutrality), whether expressed, implied, or imputed to them by those who meant them harm. However, in INS v. Elias-Zacarias, the Supreme Court reversed the Ninth Circuit and stated that an asylum applicant's political opinion may not be imputed to him by the actions of his alleged persecutors. …
Fixing The Wheel: A Critical Analysis Of The Immigrant Investor Visa, Ronald R. Rose
Fixing The Wheel: A Critical Analysis Of The Immigrant Investor Visa, Ronald R. Rose
San Diego Law Review
In 1990, Congress attempted to fill a long-standing void in the United States immigration laws by providing an updated immigrant investor visa codified as section 203(b)(5) of the Immigration and Nationality Act. The old, obsolete immigrant investor visa had only required a $40,000 investment. The new visa generally requires a $1,000,000 investment. The demand for this new higher priced version has, however, been exceedingly low. Although this immigrant investor visa category allows for 10,000 visa issuances per year, only 78 were issued in fiscal 1992 and no more than 500 are expected to be issued in fiscal 1993. This Article …