America Quote by Tom Suozzi

I was three years old, so I actually don't remember much of the refugee process.

— Milana Vayntrub

The United States, which has been called the home of the persecuted and the dispossessed, has been since its founding an asylum for emotional…

— Eileen Simpson

The point of asylum is not to declare to the world what country you think is the pinnacle of civilization. The point of asylum…

— Glenn Greenwald

Asylum is for people fleeing persecution, not those searching for a better job. Yet our broken system - with its debilitating court rulings, a…

— Kirstjen Nielsen

The drafters of the [Refugee Convention ] had the Cold War in mind and mainly sought to protect a few thousand dissidents from the…

— Kofi Annan

Where asylum is used as a route to economic migration, it can cause deep resentment in the host community.

— David Blunkett

Every new refugee to a society, whether it's the United States or some other place, is subjected to fear. They are the new outsider…

— Nguyen Viet Thang

Under the Obama administration, 80-90 percent of individuals making asylum claims with children were released after being processed and given a court date. Inevitably,…

— Katie Pavlich

Asylum under the traditional definition doesn't necessarily include people coming here for economic reasons, but I think one of the biggest things we need…

— Katie Hill

America is an insane asylum run by the inmates.

— Lester Roloff

The lives of immigrants living in our country today and those seeking asylum are urgent.

— Laphonza Butler

“The process of becoming a refugee varies for each person. It’s a journey of defiance and dares; because what each individual leaves behind is…

— Alis Cerrahyan