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The End of Asylum
In The End of Asylum, three experts in immigration law offer a comprehensive examination of the rise and demise of the US asylum system, showing how the Trump administration has put forth regulations, policies, and practices all designed to end opportunities for asylum seekers and what we can do about it.
Book Details
- Publisher: Georgetown University Press
- Publish Date: May 1st, 2021
- Pages: 160
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 7.50in - 4.80in - 1.00in - 0.66lb
- EAN: 9781647121075
- Categories: • Constitutional• Public Policy - Immigration• Human Rights
About the Author
Andrew I. Schoenholtz is a professor from practice at the Georgetown University Law Center, where he is the codirector of the asylum clinic, the Center for Applied Legal Studies. He is also the director of the Human Rights Institute and the Certificate in Refugees and Humanitarian Emergencies. He is the former deputy director of the US Commission on Immigration Reform. His publications focus especially on the Refugee Convention and the US asylum system.
Jaya Ramji-Nogales is the associate dean for academic affairs and I. Herman Stern Research Professor at Temple University's Beasley School of Law, where she teaches refugee law and policy and created, along with her students, the Temple Law Asylum Project. In addition to two books presenting empirical studies of the US asylum system coauthored with Schoenholtz and Schrag, she has published extensively on international refugee law and global migration law.
Philip G. Schrag is the Delaney Family Professor of Public Interest Law at the Georgetown University Law Center, where he teaches professional responsibility as well as codirecting the asylum clinic. He is the author of sixteen previous books and dozens of articles on asylum adjudication, legal ethics, nuclear arms control, consumer protection, legal education, and other topics of public law. During the Carter administration he was the deputy general counsel of the US Arms Control and Disarmament Agency.
Praise for this book
[The End of Asylum's] wide accessibility makes it an invaluable resource for the general public as well as for researchers and students who wish to have an overview of the immigration-related regulations, laws and policies adopted under the Trump presidency.
[A]n essential read for all who wish to reflect on our country's human rights values.
In The End of Asylum, legal scholars and asylum experts Andrew I. Schoenholtz, Jaya Ramji-Nogales, and Philip G. Schrag present a brisk, accessible narrative of the country's tenuous system of protection for asylum seekers and refugees.
[The End of Asylum's] wide accessibility makes it an invaluable resource for the general public as well as for researchers and students who wish to have an overview of the immigration-related regulations, laws and policies adopted under the Trump presidency.
-- "LSE Review of Books"[A]n essential read for all who wish to reflect on our country's human rights values.
-- "LA Review of Books"In The End of Asylum, legal scholars and asylum experts Andrew I. Schoenholtz, Jaya Ramji-Nogales, and Philip G. Schrag present a brisk, accessible narrative of the country's tenuous system of protection for asylum seekers and refugees.
-- "ACLU Magazine"In six engaging and deeply informed chapters, The End of Asylum takes us through the myriad ways Trump's administration ... virtually annihilated the apparatus with which asylum seekers are processed. The evidence presented is overwhelming and compelling.
-- "H-Diplo"The End of Asylum is an essential read for anyone devoted to the study of asylum.
-- "Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Books"In six engaging and deeply informed chapters, The End of Asylum takes us through the myriad ways Trump's administration ... virtually annihilated the apparatus with which asylum seekers are processed. The evidence presented is overwhelming and compelling.
The End of Asylum is an essential read for anyone devoted to the study of asylum.