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- Title
International Relations, Domestic Politics, and Asylum Admissions in the United States.
- Authors
Salehyan, Idean; Rosenbium, Marc R.
- Abstract
What explains variation in U.S. asylum approval rates across countries of origin? Previous research has found that humanitarian factors and diplomatic relations play an important role in shaping asylum decisions. This article examines the impact of domestic politics. The authors find that media and congressional attention play an important role in influencing how the executive branch makes enforcement decisions. Popular attention to asylum increases the importance of humanitarian concerns relative to instrumental factors. The effect of congressional attention depends on whether asylum is seen as an enforcement or humanitarian issue. The importance of these factors has also changed over time.
- Subjects
UNITED States; IMMIGRATION law; LEGAL status of political refugees; IMMIGRATION policy; RIGHT of asylum -- Government policy; FOREIGN relations of the United States
- Publication
Political Research Quarterly, 2008, Vol 61, Issue 1, p104
- ISSN
1065-9129
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/1065912907306468