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Student Thesis Honors (1996-2008)

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2004

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Due Process For Asylum Seekers?, Christopher Lee Jun 2004

Due Process For Asylum Seekers?, Christopher Lee

Student Thesis Honors (1996-2008)

The first section examines the terminology of the Immigration and Naturalization Act ("INA") as it is used to classify the status and rights of aliens in deportation proceedings. This section explains the changes brought about by the Illegal Immigration and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 ("IIRIRA"), which amended the INA by abandoning the old concept "entry," and replacing it with the terms "admission" and "admitted." This section also elaborates the current "double standard" of due process rights that exists between legal permanent residents and "unadmitted" aliens, as well as its historical analogue involving "deportable" and "excludable" aliens. The second section …