2014
DOI: 10.1177/1057567714554699
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Book Review: Lives in the balance: Asylum adjudication by the Department of Homeland Security

Abstract: and Houston, TX). The underlying purpose of the study was to examine the process of asylum adjudication and the effect that different variables (of both the applicants and officers) have on grant rates (p. 3).Lives in the Balance illustrates the crucial role of asylum adjudication officers in this process. With each asylum application, officers confront potentially life or death consequences for genuine refugees seeking asylum in the United States. Therefore, asylum adjudication officers, should, according to … Show more

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