Sarah Sherman-Stokes on Central American Refugees

In this episode, Sarah R. Sherman-Stokes, Associate Director of the Immigrants’ Rights and Human Trafficking Clinic at Boston University School of Law, discusses her article "Reparations for Central American Refugees," which was published in the Denver Law Review. Sherman-Stokes begins by explaining the legal definition of "refugee" and why refugees are entitled to asylum under United States immigration law. She describes the many practical and legal hurdles facing refugees seeking asylum, both long-standing and recently adopted. She observes that many asylum applicants are from Central America, and that the United States played a role in creating the conditions that made them refugees. Accordingly, she argues that the United States has a legal and moral duty to provide assistance. Sherman-Stokes is on Twitter at @sshermanstokes.This episode was hosted by Brian L. Frye, Spears-Gilbert Associate Professor of Law at the University of Kentucky College of Law. Frye is on Twitter at @brianlfrye. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.