Chaos, Cruelty, & Illegality: The Trump Administration’s Record on Asylum

The Trump administration’s record on asylum is one of destruction, disorder, and blatant violations of refugee laws enacted by Congress. Its policies punish people seeking protection, separate children from their parents, and turn the system created by Congress to protect refugees from persecution into one that delivers them back to danger. While the list of illegal policies that must be undone is long, they include policies that:

• Separated over families as part of the administration’s draconian “zero tolerance” policy. Years later, at least children remain separated from their parents, with two-thirds of parents believed to have been deported to Central America.