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Immigration

Jun. 16, 2006

Proposal Plunges Knife Into Heart of Asylum Process

Forum Column - By Kirsten Schlenger - While the country focuses attention and anxiety on Congress' immigration reform bills, Prakash Khatri, ombudsman of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service , a unit within the Department of Homeland Security, recently issued a proposal that would strike a significant blow to asylum seekers.

Forum Column

By Kirsten Schlenger



      While the country focuses attention and anxiety on Congress' immigration reform bills, Prakash Khatri, ombudsman of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service , a unit within the Department of Homeland Security, recently issued a proposal that would strike a significant blow to asylum seekers.
      In a nutshell, this proposal, ostensibly design...

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