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10:07 AM, July 7th, 2011

One court officer can approve 90 percent of the cases that come before the bench, and just down the hall another might decline nine of the 10 that come before him. It’s a discretionary system—a “refugee roulette”—that has contributed to myth-making within immigrant communities, where the stories that “worked,” are passed around like lucky charms.

Dominique Strauss-Kahn’s accuser is far from the first asylum-seeker to have made false claims or lied on his or her application. And when you take a closer look at the process of applying for political asylum (see above), you can see why some are tempted to do so.

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