At a time when the United Nations has identified more than 25 million refugees worldwide—people who cannot return to their home countries for fear of persecution or other dangers—the Trump administration is contemplating setting a zero refugee admissions target for fiscal year 2020.
Author: Mary Giovagnoli
Mary Giovagnoli is the Senior Counsel for Legal Strategy for Kids In Need of Defense (KIND), a non-profit organization that provides legal services and advocates on behalf of unaccompanied children migrating to the United States. She is a former Executive Director of the Refugee Council USA. From 2015 to 2017 she served as the DHS Deputy Assistant Secretary for Immigration Policy.