By: Karlo I. J. Dizon, Esq. Individuals seeking U.S. protection from persecution or a well-founded threat of persecution in another...
By: Karlo I. J. Dizon, Esq. Our previous post discussed how the Illegal Immigration Reform And Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996...
The Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (IIRIRA), which took effect on April 1, 1997, included the...
The Refugee Act of 1980 established the modern approach to asylum law still effective in the United States today. As...
Courts in the United States still consider the 1967 Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees (1967 UN Protocol), and...
Asylum law in the United States can be traced to the United Nations in 1950 through Resolution 428(V), as another...
By: Karlo I. J. Dizon, Esq. The U.S. law on asylum can be traced back to developments in international law...