Washington DC, Saturday June 30, 2018. Tens of thousands gathered in and around Lafayette Park near The White House to protest via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Frelick / Human Rights Watch On the eve of a U.S. presidential election year and under the shadow of wars in Ukraine and Gaza, asylum seekers and refugees have become chips on the Capitol Hill bargaining table. What risks being lost in this high-stakes game is a recognition that fundamental human rights are not negotiable, including “the