Uncontrolled U.S. entry threatens public safety

Article Abstract:

The system for granting political asylum needs reform. A balance is needed between safeguarding the right to asylum for genuine refugees and an overload of the system with its potential for letting national security risks into the US. Claims which are not facially creditable should be summarily denied. US detention facilities should be expanded. Federal immigration documents must be improved so that asylum applicants cannot use social services to which they have no right. Finally, asylum should be granted on a temporary, conditional basis.

Analysis, Refugees, Political, Political refugees

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Proposed law would imperil refugees

Article Abstract:

Congress is preparing to pass legislation restricting refugees' ability to apply for asylum, but the existing system works well, after recent reforms. The Senate's Immigration Reform Act of 1995, S 269/1394, and the House's Immigration in the National Interest Act, HR 2202, would force refugees to seek asylum within 30 days of arriving in the US. The application takes months to prepare, however, and few are capable of beginning immediately. These changes also ignore US obligations under international law and treaty.

United States, Refugees, international

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Airlines don't want to foot bill for aliens

Article Abstract:

Air Transport Ass'n of America v McNary, a federal court case, concerns whether responsibility for detaining 'Transit Without Visa' (TWOV) passengers lies with the Air Transport Ass'n (ATA) or the INS. The crux of the case is the 1986 Immigration User Fee Statute and whether the law's Immigrant User Fee Account places responsibility for detaining TWOV passengers with the INS. The stowaway policy of an earlier law would leave the ATA responsible, but the laws do no define the term 'stowaway.'

Economic aspects, Detention of persons, Detention, Illegal immigrants

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