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BL
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960547
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b714917
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Rearick, Janna.
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Jailing refugees : : arbitrary detention of refugees in the US who fail to adjust to permanent resident status.
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| Publication Statement
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New York, NY :: Human Rights Watch,, ©2009.
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35 pages ;; 27 cm
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1564325881
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: 9781564325884
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"December 2009."
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"This report was researched and written by Janna Rearick ... [it] was also researched and edited by Bill Frelick"--Page 24.
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Includes bibliographical references.
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| Contents
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Overview -- Recommendations -- Methodology -- Legal context -- The rationale for automatic permanent residence for resettled refugees -- Findings : arbitrary and indefinite detention of unadjusted refugees -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgements.
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| Abstract
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"This 40-page report examines the detention of refugees for failure to file for lawful permanent resident status, even though US immigration officials already put them through a thorough vetting process at the time they were recognized as refugees. Although only a small number of refugees are jailed for this purpose, and the number appears to have decreased under the Obama administration, the detentions continue to be selective and arbitrary, and therefore a violation of international human rights law. The report recommends changing US law to close the legal loophole that allows for detaining these refugees and to give them lawful permanent residence when the US grants them asylum or admits them to the country under its overseas refugee resettlement program."--Human Rights Watch website.
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United States., Immigration and Nationality Act.
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Detention of persons-- United States.
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Emigration and immigration-- Psychological aspects.
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Refugees-- Legal status, laws, etc.-- United States.
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Refugees-- United States-- Social conditions.
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Detention of persons.
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Emigration and immigration-- Psychological aspects.
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Flyktingar-- juridik och lagstiftning-- Förenta staterna.
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Refugees-- Legal status, laws, etc.
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Refugees-- Social conditions.
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Immigration and Nationality Act (United States)
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United States.
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KF4836.R43 2009
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Frelick, Bill.
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Human Rights Watch (Organization)
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| Parallel Title
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Arbitrary detention of refugees in the U.S.
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: Arbitrary detention of refugees in the US
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| Cover Title
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United States, jailing refugees
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