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Jaya Ramji-Nogales, Andrew Schoenholtz, and Philip G. Schrag, "Refugee Roulette: Disparities in Asylum Adjudication," Stanford Law Review, Vol. 60, 2008, available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=983946From the abstract:  "The analysis reveals significant disparities in grant rates, even when different adjudicators in the same office each considered large numbers of applications from nationals of the same country.  In many cases, the most important moment in an asylum case is the instant in which a clerk randomly assigns an application to a particular asylum officer or immigration judge."  (The study's complete text can be obtained from SSRN.)  (See also:  Julia Preston, "Big Disparities in Judging of Asylum Cases," New York Times, May 31, 2007.)
 


Information from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

 

USCIS information regarding Temporary Protected Status (TPS) (link is to USCIS website).  Information for nationals or former residents of Sudan, Somalia, Burundi, El Salvador, Liberia, Haiti, Honduras, Nicaragua, Montserrat, Sierra Leone, Angola, and Bosnia-Herzegovina, dating to May 2000.

 

The disastrous consequences of the 7.0 earthquake that stuck Haiti on Jan. 12, 2010, prompted the Obama administration to make temporary protected status available to certain nationals and former residents of Haiti.  Below are documents issued by the Dept. of Homeland Security that provide information about TPS and other benefits available to Haitians as a result of the disaster.

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Questions & Answers: Temporary Protected Status for Haiti  (1/14/10)

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Designation of Haiti for Temporary Protected Status | 75 FR 3476-79 (Jan. 21, 2010).

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Questions & Answers: Haitian Relief Measures

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Tips for Filing Form I-821, Application for Temporary Protected Status

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Questions & Answers: Requesting Waiver of Fees - Temporary Protected Status Applicants (1/26/10)

 

Information regarding temporary protected status (TPS) and employment authorization is available on the Employment Eligibility Verification and Antidiscrimination Protections page.
 


Immigrants' Rights Update Articles (back to IRU index)

 

Liberians Provided Deferred Enforced Departure (10/5/07)

 

Temporary Protected Status Designations Renewed for El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua (10/5/07)

 

Liberian TPS Ends Oct. 1, but Liberia Remains a Tinderbox (2/20/07)

 

Haitian Protection Act Would Grant TPS to Haitians in U.S. (2/20/07)

 

U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom Criticizes U.S. Handling of Asylum-Seekers (2/20/07)

 

3,600 Liberians Will Lose TPS on Oct. 1, 2007; Employment Authorization of Liberians with TPS Extended through April 1, 2007 (12/6/06)

 

TPS extended for Somalia; EADs automatically extended through Mar. 17, 2007; Reregistration deadline is Sept. 25 (8/23/06)

 

TPS extended for El Salvador; EADs automatically extended through Mar. 9, 2007; Reregistration deadline is Sept. 1st! (8/23/06)

 

TPS extended for Honduras and Nicaragua; EADs automatically extended through Jan. 5, 2007; Reregistration deadline is June 1! (5/23/06)

 

TPS for El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua to be extended (3/23/06)

 

TPS extended for Somalia, Liberia, Burundi & Sudan (10/5/05)

 

Mohammed v. Gonzalez | 9th Circuit finds that female genital mutilation constitutes ongoing persecution (3/31/05)

 

TPS for El Salvador extended 18 mos.: Reregistration period ends Mar. 8 (2/10/05)

 

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