We have served clients who have come from countries suffering from collective trauma, from war, generalized violence, and genocide. There is no option in some cases other than to escape together. I think they should not be subjected to discrimination. The impact of jail, imprisonment, and being kept in limbo forever is horrible. They cannot recover for the rest of their lives.
I have clients who have become paranoid because of that. One client went through the same experience, in being maltreated by an immigration officer. That came as a shock to him. For the last 17 years he has been under psychiatric care, with very costly medication. He has never been himself again.