One of the interesting things I rarely hear about is, what standard do we use for asylum? Over the summer, I went and watched a random slate 11th Circuit cases on appeal; one of them was an asylum case.
The undisputed facts, found by the immigration judge his/herself were that the guy was deliberately targeted by Al-Shabaab for being, you know, anti-Al-Shabaab. He was threatened, tortured his genitals, and then even blew up his house with a rocket or something. His daughter and sister were killed; his father was seriously wounded. Like, it wasn't a question of whether all that happened or whether the guy was lying. It was a question if that was an appropriate situation for asylum purposes.
And the immigration judge had denied the petition. Which, I mean, that seems crazy, right? If not a guy whose home was blown up by literal world-famous Islamic terrorists, then who are we giving asylum?
Al-Shabaab is not a government.
It's a terrible situation no doubt but it's not asylum eligible.
It is an indisputable fact that the majority of claims are complete bull**** and just the raw numbers should indicate to a reasonable person that there is a consolidated message being taught to migrants.
Where is that messaging coming from? Who is funding that type of operation? And finally, why are they doing it?
One of the interesting things I rarely hear about is, what standard do we use for asylum? Over the summer, I went and watched a random slate 11th Circuit cases on appeal; one of them was an asylum case.
The undisputed facts, found by the immigration judge his/herself were that the guy was deliberately targeted by Al-Shabaab for being, you know, anti-Al-Shabaab. He was threatened, tortured his genitals, and then even blew up his house with a rocket or something. His daughter and sister were killed; his father was seriously wounded. Like, it wasn't a question of whether all that happened or whether the guy was lying. It was a question if that was an appropriate situation for asylum purposes.
And the immigration judge had denied the petition. Which, I mean, that seems crazy, right? If not a guy whose home was blown up by literal world-famous Islamic terrorists, then who are we giving asylum?
Your first point is just wrong. Al-Shabaab is a participant in the Somali civil war and has been, a la ISIS elsewhere, the de facto governmental entity in parts of Somalia. This was not even a point of contention in the hearing I attended. The issue was about how his claim was classified.
Regardless, the larger point is that this guy is one of the alleged 70% failed applications you are decrying as "bull****." The claim is very real, but it is just not fitting into some technical category (and also being appealed, so who knows how it gets resolved).
Maybe if they didn't come from a ****hole country they'd get asylum.
Or if they weren't economic migrants coached by far left groups meaning to destroy america.
I'm sure that's what it is. It can't be that people actually need asylum.
When such a large percentage of people who claim asylum are being rejected? Come on man...put aside the political bias and see what's happening.
These poor people are coached into thinking the dangerous trip is worth it.
When such a large percentage of people who claim asylum are being rejected? Come on man...put aside the political bias and see what's happening.
These poor people are coached into thinking the dangerous trip is worth it.
And it couldn't possibly be at the direction of the current administration....
This has nothing to do with people cheating the system and everything to do with the ridiculous and morally bankrupt policies of the Trump Administration. It's just like the same myth that the majority of people on welfare or other federally funded programms are cheating the system and spending their money on drugs. Are there instances of this? Sure. But they are isolated and don't represent the majority of the people.
A tremendous amount was being rejected by Obama and then the 'Caravans' started.
I wonder...just wonder how such a large group of people could be organized and all simultaneously claim asylum.
Hmm.....
This simply isn't true, at least in regards to comparing them to Obama. Trump lowered the amount of admissions to historic lows.
Because it's clear to anyone these are economic migrants.
Do you think caravans manifested without any organized infrastructure?
Or if they weren't economic migrants coached by far left groups meaning to destroy america.
The caravans increase the total amount of people seeking asylum. That has nothing to do with amount of admissions approved, only the percentages.
It impacts everything because they are organized and instructed to request asylum even though that's not their true reason.
For one, this is more rhetoric that can't be substantiated.
Secondly, again this only affects the total number of asylum requests. Trump's administration has reduced the cap for asylum seekers to the lowest they've ever been, which again. It's just another example of just how morally bankrupt this administration is.