Ukrainian refugees wait near the U.S. border in Tijuana, Mexico. AP Photo/Gregory Bull April 28, 2022 How race and religion have always played a role in who gets refuge in the US Laura E. Alexander, University of Nebraska Omaha; Jane Hong, Occidental College; Karen Hooge Michalka, University of Mary, and Luis A. Romero, Texas Christian University Four scholars of race, religion and immigration explain how US refugee and asylum policy has long been racially and religiously discriminatory in practice.