Environmental refugees, political refugees, is there a distinction?

Environmental refugees, political refugees, is there a distinction? The US doesn't know. Trump's US doesn't ask. Environmental refugees from Syria have been demonized by the US and slaughtered both by nation states and non-governmental agencies. Meanwhile, Puppet Trump's Republican Party presides over an immigration policy that is responsible for these results, too....

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https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/01/15/when-deportation-is-a-death-sentence