Cornell: When No One Believes - How a Law School Clinic Helped Asylum Seeker Get Second Chance
March 12, 2022
March 12, 2022
ITHACA, New York, March 12 (TNSPol) -- Cornell University issued the following news:
By Chris Brouwer
Immigration judges have wide leeway to decide whether the asylum seekers who appear before them are lying or not, and such decisions are almost impossible to reverse. This is especially true in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, which handles appeals from immigration judges in Louisiana--some of whom deny asylum in over 90 percent of their cases. One such . . .
By Chris Brouwer
Immigration judges have wide leeway to decide whether the asylum seekers who appear before them are lying or not, and such decisions are almost impossible to reverse. This is especially true in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, which handles appeals from immigration judges in Louisiana--some of whom deny asylum in over 90 percent of their cases. One such . . .