Understanding U.S. Asylum Law After the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996
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Authors
Monroe, Matt
Issue Date
1997
Type
Thesis
Language
en_US
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Abstract
In the U.S., anti-immigrant feelings reached levels not seen since the
l920's. Furthermore, as in Europe, strong associations between illegal migrants
and asylum seekers exist in the mind of the U.S. public. As 1 will show, the end of
the Cold War has left a void in U.S. refugee and asylum policy which has been
filled by the resurgent nativism. This paper will illustrate how this has happened by
going through the history of U.S. refugee and asylum policy, illustrating the rising
nativism in the U.S. and going through the 1996 Act to lay out its affects on U.S.
asylum policy. By the end of this paper, I will have demonstrated that white the
1996 Immigration Act was passed to decrease the presence of illegal aliens, the rush
to expel undesirables has led to legislation that will almost certainly deny some
persons with legitimate asylum claims the right to present those claims in a just
manner.
Description
ii, 54 p.
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Publisher
Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College.
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