The End of Asylum? The New COVID-19 Border Rules

April 3, 2020

Yael Schacher, Refugees International’s senior U.S. advocate, and Alex Aleinikoff, professor at The New School and director of the Zolberg Institute on Migration and Mobility discuss asylum at the U.S-Mexico border in the time of COVID-19.

Given the border closures and the turning away of asylum seekers, we are all wondering: is this the end of asylum in the United States? 

Find out, and watch the video here.