The author compares the United States’ historical refugee policy in the Indochinese refugee crisiswith its policy in the ongoing refugee crises in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria.

The article explores how policies shape refugee identities, stereotypes, and interactions in ways that affect community welcome.

The author suggests the powerful media portrayal of the oppressed Muslim woman, as signified by her veiled body and her refusal or presumed inability to speak for herself, has long been a tool by which violence is justified in the name of her salvation.

This policy analysis quantifies the risks of foreign-born and native-born terrorists on U.S. soil byevaluating how many people they murdered and injured in attacks, their ideologies, the visasforeign-born terrorists entered on, and their countries of origin.

The article explores the relationship between the rise of punitive immigration laws and the group identity of registered Latino voters.

A discussion of U.S. policy towards the Middle East.

The article evaluates the human cost of wars, including displacement, deaths and injuries. Displacement needs to be central to any future consideration of the use of military force by the U.S. or other countries.

From 2007-2013, the Refugee and Immigrant Legislative Day advocated for the disaggregation of data.

The article explores the forces of exclusion and repression that the U.S. has successively unleashed in the name of the nation’s putative wars. The result has been the creation of an unprecedentedly harsh reception for first and second generation Latino immigrants in the United States today.

The article examines the immigration policy and anti-immigrant sentiment that negatively affect the vulnerable population of immigrant families, including their children. By discussing the implications for social policy reform, such as decriminalization, we can build a better future.

This report offers policymakers and stakeholders concrete ideas to re-imagine the refugee program and provides policy recommendations at the federal, state, and local levels to help rebuild the system.

This report was designed to inform public debates about the United States refugee resettlement and long-term integration outcomes.

The article explores the relationship between the rise of punitive immigration laws and the group identity of the Latino population expressed through linked fate.

Resettlement policies that focus on early employment push refugees to accept low paying jobs as a means to economic self-sufficiency.

How refugees and immigrants are constructed is a key component of how refugee and immigration policies are written, interpreted, supported, and contested.

Policies don’t form in a vacuum. They are shaped by social, political, and economic norms and values, which ultimately decide who gets what and whether the government takes action on an issue.

Washington is a state of great linguistic diversity: over 20% of people in Washington live in a household where a language other than English is spoken, often in addition to English.