More than a Wall: the Rise and Fall of US Asylum and Refugee Policy

How refugees and immigrants are constructed is a key component of how refugee and immigration policies are written, interpreted, supported, and contested. In More than a Wall: The Rise and Fall of US Asylum and Refugee Policy, Wasem (2020) analyzes historical sources to examine U.S. refugee and asylum policy. The article states that “current refugees lack the domestic political constituencies in the United States that comprise a key component of support for refugee policy and that restoration of generous humanitarian policies requires robust civic engagement and steadfast legislative efforts.”