Yael Schacher
Yael Schacher is senior U.S. advocate at Refugees International in Washington D.C., where she focuses on asylum, refugee admissions, and humanitarian visas. Yael’s reports for Refugees International have focused on the history of asylum in the United States and how to create more humane border policies. Prior to joining Refugees International, Yael taught about immigration at the University of Connecticut and volunteered at the legal services office of the Connecticut Institute for Refugees and Immigrants. She has an M.A. in History and a Ph.D. in American Studies from Harvard University.