Voices
Joan Rosenhauer
Joan Rosenhauer is the executive director of Jesuit Refugee Service/USA, which advocates for refugees and displaced people in over 50 countries.
Articles by Joan Rosenhauer
In this July 5, 2021, file photo, Alex Cortillo, from Honduras, gets a hug from Erika Valladares Ponce, also from Honduras, in Tijuana, Mexico, as he waits to cross into the United States to begin the asylum process. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Covid-19 is not an excuse to keep out refugees. Biden must restore the asylum process.
Joan Rosenhauer
Continuing the Trump administration’s restrictions on asylum seekers is not necessary for public health, and it undermines our long history as a place of refuge.