What mainly determines the success of an Asylum case?  The facts?  The quality of the lawyers?

Not at all.  It is the whim of a judge to whom the case is assigned.

In one of the starker examples cited, Colombians had an 88 percent chance of winning asylum from one judge in the Miami immigration court and a 5 percent chance from another judge in the ( Read more... )

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-070425essay,1,696682.story?coll=chi-news-hed&ctrack=1&cset=true

I said many time before how I hate "Scared Activists" and "Better Safe Than Sorry Bureaucrats" (ie. let's make sure to cover my own butt even if that will screw up someone else's life in the process).

First, there was a "Scared Activist" that  ( Read more... )

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Inspired by: http://angerona.livejournal.com/665475.htmlWhat are the employee stock options? Are they a mere "promise of a bonus" or a "valueable investment position"? I know the IRS's answer. But I am after reasons/logic/fairness here ( Read more... )

http://www.cashnetusa.com/fee-schedule-rhode-island.html

This is a truly amazing profit margin!  Can anyone think of a more profitable business?

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Все кто хотят на деле повлиять соглашение ЖЖ с Русским СУПом, пишите в 6-Раздесьлых (владельцы ЖЖ)! Вот текст моего письма (там есть и адрес по которому можно писать ( Read more... )