Authoritarianism in the United States: A Death Knell for the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program

Dorian Brown Crosby ()
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Dorian Brown Crosby: Department of Political Science, Spelman College, Atlanta, GA 30314, USA

Social Sciences, 2025, vol. 14, issue 2, 1-29

Abstract: One of the United States’ two dominant political parties resembles global political parties favoring authoritarianism. Such directives are expressed through the transformed Republican party’s authoritarian messaging, policies, and many of its member’s behavior. The devastating impact of an energized U.S. authoritarian political party and the narrow narrative of who is and should be in the United States and a U.S. citizen is a necessary discussion following the U.S. 2024 Presidential election. It is foreseeable that an autocratic leader of the U.S. will be catastrophic for refugees, particularly refugees of color and especially refugees in the U.S. South, as the liberal ideals of democracy that undergird the institutions and policies that support U.S. refugee admissions and resettlement are attacked.

Keywords: refugees; U.S. Refugee Admissions and Resettlement Program (USRAP); resettlement; United States; democracy; authoritarianism; U.S. political parties; 2024 U.S. presidential election (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A B N P Y80 Z00 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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