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US immigration judges considering asylum for unaccompanied minors are 'significantly influenced' by politics

By Daniel Braaten, Associate professor of Political Science, Texas Lutheran University
Claire Nolasco Braaten, Associate Professor, Criminology, Texas A&M University

Immigration judges must base their decisions to grant asylum to immigrant children on whether these children have realistic fears of persecution. But other factors influence those decisions.

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