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

  • Written by Daniel Braaten, Associate professor of Political Science, Texas Lutheran University
imageUnaccompanied immigrant minors wait on July 2, 2019 in Los Ebanos, Texas to be transported to a U.S. Border Patrol processing center after entering the U.S. to seek political asylum.John Moore/Getty Images

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