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University of Michigan Law School

Michigan Law Review First Impressions

2010

Human Rights Law

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Welcoming Women: Recent Changes In U.S. Asylum Law, Jillian Blake Jan 2010

Welcoming Women: Recent Changes In U.S. Asylum Law, Jillian Blake

Michigan Law Review First Impressions

The Statue of Liberty, which has been called the "Mother of Exiles," stands as a reminder of one of the foundational ideals of U.S. immigration policy-providing refuge to the vulnerable. Women worldwide have new reason to believe in this promise, because victims of domestic violence may now have a better chance of being granted asylum in a U.S. immigration court.