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The mercy factory
"The Mercy Factory is the first book to examine the asylum system. It does so by telling the stories of five refugees, following them from their experience of persecution in their home countries to their arrival in the United States and their progress through the barriers of the American immigration legal system. Christopher Einolf's stories are both tragic and inspiring, but they also illuminate the workings of the asylum system and the dilemmas often faced by immigration officials and judges who must make life-or-death decisions in limited time, with limited information at hand.". "Somehow the mass-production methods of the system manage to deliver individual attention and assistance - a "factory" that should not function well but does. Mr. Einolf shows how government, nonprofit organizations, church members, and volunteers work hard to make the system effective. But he is also...
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