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From Surviving To Thriving? An Investigation Of Asylee Integration In The United States, Lindsay M. Harris
From Surviving To Thriving? An Investigation Of Asylee Integration In The United States, Lindsay M. Harris
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This article assesses the efficacy of the legal framework for asylees, individuals granted refugee status within the United States, through an examination of the human outcomes following the grant of asylum. To understand how the asylee benefits system actually functions, I conducted more than fifty field interviews with advocates, service providers, and government officials in the San Francisco Bay Area and the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. This research fills a conspicuous gap in our understanding of what happens after the grant of asylum and reveals a number of insights about the ways in which the prevailing laws, policies, and programs …