Leo123
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If they swim across the river to get here they are here illegally and NOT at a port of entry therefore they should not be able to declare refugee status.Who Can Be Granted Asylum In America? | The Law Office of Jason A. Dennis
Asylum is legal protection awarded to foreign citizens already in the U.S. or arriving at the border who meet the refugee definition by International law. According to the United Nations, 1951 Convention and 1967 Protocol, a refugee is a person who can't or is unwilling to return to their...jadennislaw.com
Eligibility for asylum has two simple requirements. First, asylum seekers must establish that they have a well-founded fear of persecution in their country of birth. Second, asylum applicants must prove that they would be persecuted in their home country on account of at least one of five protected grounds: religion, race, political opinion, nationality, or particular social group.
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now given we don't really spell out "WHERE" they can do this from, it seems this is up for debate. now, as usual when a process gets flogged to death, we need to look at potential abuse of it.
i think we have it.
when you see a caravan of thousands of people coming at you, hard to believe they are in fear of political persecution and death. ask them they say they want a better life.
we all do.
that's immigration. using a buzzword to get around the system i would call one of those "loopholes" the dems get upset about.
close it.