Political asylum in the US: who deserves it? who gets it? who decides?
Well-Founded Fear (2000)
Documentary
DVD, 119 minutes
Country:
USA
Director:
Michael Camerini
| Shari Robertson
Producer:
Rachel Boynton
| Michael Camerini
| Kathy Conkwright
| Michael Feinberg
| Paula Hacopian
| Bronwyn Jones
| Shari Robertson
| Lajwanti Waghray
Music:
Mark Suozzo
Plot outline
This documentary film takes us to an in-depth look at the asylum process of the federal U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS)...
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- This documentary film takes us to an in-depth look at the asylum process of the federal U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS). Foreigners that are already in the United States, having fled their home countries, have the opportunity to apply for asylum through the INS. If a person's case establishes a "well-founded fear" of his/her home country, the adjudicating immigration officer approves his/her asylum application. If a person's case does not quite meet up to the officer's expectation of a "well-founded fear," it is referred to an immigration judge for a decision. Written by Oliver Chu