JDzubow
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Teshuvah and the New Administration
There's a concept in Judaism known as "teshuvah," which means "returning." The term implies a return to righteousness, and repenting for past sins. In Judaism, when we think of teshuvah during Rosh HaShana (the New Year) and Yom Kippur... -
Fixing Asylum Part 4: Immigration Court
There are currently over 1.2 million cases pending before our nation's Immigration Courts (how many of these cases involve asylum, we do not know). The average wait time for a case is 849 days. What has caused this large backlog, and what can be done... -
Fixing Asylum Part 3: The Asylum Office
According to the most recent data, as of “July 31, 2020, USCIS had 370,948 asylum applications, on behalf of 589,187 aliens, pending final adjudication.” “Over 94% of these pending applications [about 348,691 cases] are awaiting an interview by... -
Fixing Asylum Part 2: USCIS Forms
Here's a point that should be self-evidence, but isn't: Bureaucracy exists to facilitate the implementation of the law. Congress passes a law, and then government agencies create a system of policies and procedures to put that law into effect. In principle,...
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