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2004

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Claims For Protection Based On Religion Or Belief: Analysis And Proposed Conclusions, Karen Musalo Jan 2004

Claims For Protection Based On Religion Or Belief: Analysis And Proposed Conclusions, Karen Musalo

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The Child Status Protection Act: Does Immigration Math Solve The Family Unity Equation?, Shane Dizon Jan 2004

The Child Status Protection Act: Does Immigration Math Solve The Family Unity Equation?, Shane Dizon

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An Offer Of Firm Resettlement, Robert D. Sloane Jan 2004

An Offer Of Firm Resettlement, Robert D. Sloane

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The Attorney General lacks discretion to grant asylum to any refugee "if, prior to arrival in the United States, he or she entered into another nation with, or while in that nation received, an offer of permanent resident status, citizenship, or some other type of permanent resettlement." This rule, the doctrine of firm resettlement, is unique among the mandatory bars to asylum in the United States. It does not reflect a societal judgment about the moral fitness of an asylum applicant's character-as, for example, does the bar that prohibits granting asylum to persons with a history of violent criminal behavior. …


Cuban Exceptionalism : Migration And Asylum In Spain And The United States, Maryellen Fullerton Jan 2004

Cuban Exceptionalism : Migration And Asylum In Spain And The United States, Maryellen Fullerton

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