From Immigration to Refugee Redefinition: a History of Refugee and Asylum Policy in the United States
Zucker, N.L.; Zucker, N.F.
Journal of Policy History 4(1): 54-70
1992
ISSN/ISBN: 0898-0306 Document Number: 410959
Refugee policy in the United States is a recent offspring of American immigration policy. Like its parent, refugee admissions are firmly entangled in the thicket of national politics and are Janus-faced. One face presses for admission, the other urges restriction. While the gates of admission are always guarded, time and circumstance determine which face prevails.
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