Seeking Asylum in the U.S.

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Society & Culture, History, Documentary

4.7 • 15K Ratings

🗓️ 5 December 2024

⏱️ 56 minutes

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The U.S. has long professed to be a country where people can seek refuge. That's the promise etched into the base of the Statue of Liberty. But it's never been that clear-cut.

Today on the show, the story of how the U.S. asylum system was forged in response to moments of crisis, and where it left gaps: from Jewish refugees fleeing the Holocaust, to Cuban and Haitian asylum seekers during the Cold War, to the precarious system of today.

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