Friday, February 11, 2005

Airports Treat Asylum Cases Differently / The New York Times, 10 Feb 2005

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/10/nyregion/10airport.html
NINA BERNSTEIN
"A bipartisan federal study released this week illuminates these secretive screenings for the first time, using 1,500 hours of observation of hundreds of cases at seven ports of entry across the country. The report, by the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom, found extreme variation in the handling of potential asylum cases at different airports. In large part, it said, the chance of being granted refuge may depend on which airport an asylum seeker uses. "