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Title

The One-Year Asylum Deadline and the BIA: No Protection, No Process

Authors

Penn State Law Immigrants' Rights Cliinic
Human Rights First
National Immigrant Justice Center

Files

Description

The right to seek asylum from persecution is a fundamental and long-recognized human right. The United States committed to protecting refugees in 1967 when it signed the Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees and later enacted legislation to incorporate the Protocol’s key provisions into domestic law. Despite these commitments, in 1996 Congress enacted a filing deadline for asylum applications which has resulted in potentially denying protections to thousands of legitimate refugees.

Publication Date

10-21-2010

Disciplines

Immigration Law

Recommended Citation

Penn State Law Immigrants' Rights Cliinic, Human Rights First, and National Immigrant Justice Center, "The One-Year Asylum Deadline and the BIA: No Protection, No Process" (2010). Center for Immigrants' Rights Clinic Publications. 8.
https://elibrary.law.psu.edu/irc_pubs/8