List of Figures and Tables Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Seeking Refuge 2. The Applicants and the Adjudicators 3. The One-Year Filing Deadline 4. Timeliness 5. The Rejections 6. Four Eras of Asylum Adjudication: Grant Rates over Time 7. Perceptions about the Asylum Seekers 8. Variations across the Regional Asylum Offices 9. Disparities within Asylum Offices 10. The Asylum Officers 11. Conclusions Appendix: Catchment Areas of the Eight Regional Asylum Offices Notes Index About the Authors