Abstract
Psychological evaluations of immigration applicants have been widely used for over two decades in the U.S. Federal legal system. The principal purpose of these assessments was and remains to assist...
Highlights
Immigration and terrorism had risen to public attention in recent times and frequently become central topics in political discourse of both domestic and international policy
The pressures upon local populations produced by these conflicts and conditions, with the devastation that they wreak upon the personal lives, safety, economy, and civil life of citizens of many nations, intensified the desire to escape and find safe havens in the United States and elsewhere (Arandra, 2016)
There are numerous and diverse circumstances that bring people to immigrate to the United States, and similar number of potential legal considerations for their adjudication which could be assisted by psychological evaluations
Summary
Immigration and terrorism had risen to public attention in recent times and frequently become central topics in political discourse of both domestic and international policy. Research conducted by the author for the U.S government between 2002 and 2004 and subsequent declassified portions published (Vaisman-Tzachor, 2006, 2007, 2012a) reveals particular psychological factors that facilitate the recruitment and radicalization process. There are numerous and diverse circumstances that bring people to immigrate to the United States, and similar number of potential legal considerations for their adjudication which could be assisted by psychological evaluations.
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