WITH FEAR, FAVOR, AND FLAWED ANALYSIS: DECISION-MAKING IN U.S. IMMIGRATION COURTS
KAREN MUSALO, ANNA O. LAW, ANNIE DAHER, KATHARINE M. DONATO, CHELSEA MEINERS, 2004
"Immigration judges (IJs), housed within the Executive Office for Immigration Review within the Department of Justice (DOJ), make decisions in asylum and withholding claims, which are life or death matters. And although their title is “judge,” IJs are DOJ attorneys who lack independence and are particularly susceptible...