Lora Ries
Biography
Heritage Foundation
Publications
The U.S. Must Redesign Asylum Law for 21st-Century Reality and Put America FirstThe U.S. refugee and asylum process was devised during a different era and no longer serves the national interest. Rather than adding to the already confusing law and procedures, the entire approach must be redesigned to preserve a credible refugee system while removing the possibility of gaming it to immigrate for purely economic purposes. Economic migration, as with family migration, remains a congressional duty to regulate. Once a new refugee and asylum regime that places American interests over globalism is enacted, the executive branch must enforce those laws without circumventing them to achieve political aims.