Refugees at the Southern Border: A post-Trumpian US
Written by Adam W. Marshall, Esq. Image by Max Böhme via Unsplash June 2021 marked the first World Refugee Awareness Month since the January 2021 change in presidential administrations in the United States. In prior Footage : Advocacy articles, we explored some of the effects the Trump administration’s policies had on asylum seekers and others attempting entry into the United States through its southern border with Mexico, including the consequences for families separated at the border . This article will instead take a brief look at how a refugee’s experience may be different under this new administration. It is important to define the terms refugee and asylum. According to the UN Convention and Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees , a refugee is “someone who is unable or unwilling to return to their country of origin owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group, or political opini