Jul
17
2018
July 17, 2018
Going back decades, the United States has treated asylum seekers and immigrants from Central America differently from those from other regions, Susan Bibler Coutin, a professor of criminology, law and society, writes in an op-ed that was published in the San Francisco Chronicle.
"Asylum law is supposed to be politically neutral. But the reality for decades has been anything but," Coutin writes, adding, "The United States should be caring for victims of persecution instead of punishing them. Doing so would promote family integrity, support human rights, and alter the dynamics of the historic relationship between the United States and Central American nations."