# How does asylum work? And what has changed?

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Podcast: [Civics 101](https://stenobird.com/podcast/civics-101-54793)
Published: 2026-01-13T05:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

On this episode, we’re talking about the history and evolution of United States’ refugee and asylum policy. We have been a country of exclusion for about as long as we’ve projected the image of a democratic refuge. We talk about what it actually takes to secure refugee or asylum status in the U.S. and how that gargantuan task has been made so much more difficult, if not impossible for some, under the second Trump Administration. This episode features Dr. Georgie Pisano. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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