02862oam 2200637I 450 991045022260332120200520144314.01-280-40697-61-135-96245-60-203-90000-610.4324/9780203900000 (CKB)1000000000247523(EBL)180202(OCoLC)560008611(SSID)ssj0000270260(PQKBManifestationID)11192828(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000270260(PQKBWorkID)10261816(PQKB)11084555(MiAaPQ)EBC180202(PPN)198465009(Au-PeEL)EBL180202(CaPaEBR)ebr10054225(CaONFJC)MIL40697(OCoLC)52467593(EXLCZ)99100000000024752320180331d2000 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrA well-founded fear the congressional battle to save political Asylum in America /Philip G. SchragNew York :Routledge,2000.1 online resource (352 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-415-92157-0 0-415-92156-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.Book Cover; Title; Contents; Introduction; Prologue; From Plymouth Rock to Kennebunkport; Clinton's Turn; Mr. Smith, Already in Washington; Mark-up Hell; Someone Else's Problem; The Committee to Preserve Asylum; ~What's a Senator?~; The House; The Senate; The Conference; The President; The Regulations; The Deeper Levels of the Law; The Wave; Public Interest Advocacy in Congress; Epilogue; Glossary; Progress of the Immigration Bills through the 104th Congress; The Committee to Preserve Asylum's First Mailing to Senators; Senate Judiciary Committee, 104th CongressTalking Points for the Leahy AmendmentThe Leahy-DeWine ~Dear Colleague~ Letter; The Vote on the Leahy Amendment; Notes; About the Author; IndexA fascinating case study of the legislative process and the author's experiences as a public interest lobbyist, Schrag tells how a coalition of human rights and refugee groups fought to preserve the rights of refugees and asylum seekers.Asylum, Right ofUnited StatesHistoryPolitical refugeesLegal status, laws, etcUnited StatesHistoryElectronic books.Asylum, Right ofHistory.Political refugeesLegal status, laws, etc.History.342.73/083Schrag Philip G.1943,903721MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910450222603321A well-founded fear2020061UNINA