Barbara M. Yarnold, J.D., Ph.D. is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Saginaw Valley State University, Saginaw, Michigan.

• Chapter 1 History of the United States Immigration and Refugee Policy and Statutory Framework Chapter 2 Conceptual Framework and Related Literature Chapter 3 The Refugee Act of 1980 Examining Organizational, Partisan, Regional, and Constituency Influences on Congressional Decision-making Chapter 4 Decision-Making By the INS and State Department on Asylum and Refugee Applications Post-1980 Chapter 5 Asylum-Related Appeals to the Board of Immigration Appeals 1980-1987 Chapter 6 Asylum-Related Appeals to the Federal Courts 1980-1987 Chapter 7 An Examination of Organizations Which Participated in Asylum-Related Appeals to the BIA and the Federal Courts Chapter 8 Testing Theories Which Link Social Movements to Interest Group Activity in the Context of the U.S. Sanctuary Movement

Yarnold gives the definitive treatment of the factors affecting the U.S. federal government's decisions to admit refugees claiming asylum from political persecution. -- Andrew McFarland, professor of Political Science, University of Illinois Yarnold gives the definitive treatment of the factors affecting the U.S. federal government's decisions to admit refugees claiming asylum from political persecution. -- Andrew McFarland, professor of Political Science, University of Illinois