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Law Practice

Sep. 27, 2007

Report Details Wild Variations in Judges' Decisions on Asylum Cases

LOS ANGELES - Asylum seekers in the United States face a dysfunctional immigration court system "where the law is not the law," according to a new report released this week.

By Sandra Hernandez
Daily Journal Staff Writer

      LOS ANGELES - Asylum seekers in the United States face a dysfunctional immigration court system "where the law is not the law," according to a new report released this week.
      The study by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse, based at Syracuse University, found "the identity of the judge who handles a particular matter often i...

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