1. Terrorism, immigration and asylum approval.
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Brodeur, Abel and Wright, Taylor
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TERRORISM , *EMIGRATION & immigration , *POLITICAL affiliation , *COUNTRY of origin (Immigrants) , *LEGAL judgments - Abstract
Using the universe of individual asylum cases in the United States from 2000–2004 and a difference-in-differences research design, we test whether Sept. 11, 2001 decreased the likelihood that applicants from Muslim-majority countries were granted asylum. Our estimates suggest that the attacks resulted in a 3.2 percentage point decrease in the likelihood that applicants from Muslim-majority countries are granted asylum. The estimated effect is larger for applicants who share a country of origin with the Sept. 11, 2001 attackers. These effects do not differ across judge political affiliation. Our findings provide evidence that emotions affect the decisions of judges. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2019
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