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The US Braces For a Post-Covid Immigration Surge

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The Humanitarian Dimension of Immigration in the United States

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We have a very generous legal immigration system but it is focused almost entirely on family members coming for people who are already in the country. The other part of our immigration system is what's known as the humanitarian dimension and that is offering protection through refugee programs and now through political asylum. That has led to our asylum process being deeply deeply overburdened and unable to decide those cases in a timely fashion.

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