Abstract
More than two centuries after Samuel Adams delivered this statement from the steps of the State House in Philadelphia in 1776, the United States enacted the Refugee Act of 1982 marking the country's fIrst offIcial asylum procedure and guideline. This Comment discusses the history and development of asylum legislation in the United States, and proposes shifting the burden of proof on refugee status from the asylum seeker to the government to avoid the myriad inequalities associated with the hybrid burden ofproof in current use.
Recommended Citation
Cameron, Jordan Kevin
(2007)
"Creating a Refuge Within the United States: Correcting the Problems ofthe Asylum Applicant's Hybrid Burden of Proof,"
Utah Law Review: Vol. 2007:
No.
4, Article 5.
Available at:
https://dc.law.utah.edu/ulr/vol2007/iss4/5