The uneven geography of asylum and humanitarian relief: place-based precarity for Central American migrant youth in the United States judicial system
The uneven geography of asylum and humanitarian relief: place-based precarity for Central American migrant youth in the United States judicial system
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庇护和人道主义救济的地理分布不均：中美洲移民青年在美国司法系统中的地方不稳定
DOI：
10.1080/1369183x.2020.1732588
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发表时间：
2020
影响因子：
3.3
通讯作者：
Paul Flynn
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作者：
Sarah A. Blue;A. Hartsell;R. Torres;Paul Flynn
2014年，越来越多的无人陪伴的移民儿童（UMC）跨越美墨边境受到了媒体的密切关注，而且这一问题仍然很重要。无人陪伴的未成年人通过移民法庭系统寻求救济的人数创历史新高。司法代理的危机以及司法部移民法庭和个别法官之间在给予庇护或其他人道主义救济方面的差距造成了对年轻移民/寻求庇护者司法的不平等地理格局。本研究使用来自超过232,000个UMC案例的经验数据来分析居住地对获得公平法庭听证的影响。这项研究增加了先前的研究，强调了在美国各地被释放给赞助商的无人陪伴未成年人的重要性。鉴于法院的判决在法官和法院之间差别很大；获得法律资源的途径因城市和地区而异——UMC所在地对公平听证的可能性有重大影响。这一发现对于理解地方如何影响无人陪伴的未成年流动青年的不稳定性具有重要意义。
ABSTRACT The rising number of unaccompanied migrant children (UMC) crossing the U.S.-Mexico border received intense media attention during 2014 and remains significant. Unaccompanied minors seeking relief through the immigration court system is at a record high. A crisis of legal representation and of disparity in granting asylum or other humanitarian relief across Department of Justice (DOJ) immigration courts and among individual judges creates an unequal geographical landscape of justice for young migrants/asylum-seekers. This study uses empirical data from over 232,000 UMC cases to analyse the effect that place of residence has on access to a fair court hearing. This research adds to previous studies by emphasising the importance of place for unaccompanied minors who have been released to sponsors across the United States. Given that court adjudications vary considerably from judge to judge and across courts; and that access to legal resources differs from city to city and across regions – where a UMC resides has a major impact on the likelihood of a fair hearing. This finding has major implications for understanding how locality impacts unaccompanied minor migrant youth precarity.