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To understand the U.S. asylum system, you have to go back to 1980
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March 22, 2025
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1:31Now PlayingThat year, thousands of Cubans and Haitians fled their countries for the U.S., after Congress passed the Refugee Act. This wave of migration tells the story of how the U.S. asylum system was forged in response to moments of crisis, and where it left gaps.
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