Although President Biden has promised to restore humanity to our asylum system, many of his predecessor’s cruelest policies remain in effect, placing vulnerable women and families at risk of deportation to the very dangers they have fled. Trump’s racist, misogynist legacy includes a series of restrictive Justice Department rulings that have made it extremely difficult for people fleeing gender-based violence to win asylum protection.
Author: Lourdes Martinez
Lourdes Martinez serves as Political Director at Mujeres Unidas y Activas, where she leads political education and mobilization efforts that build community power among Latina immigrant women in the San Francisco Bay Area.