Roger Froikin @rlefraim wrote, "A WORD ABOUT ASYLUM AND THE LAW
INTERNATIONAL TREATIES AS WELL AS THE LAW IN EACH NATION IN THE WORLD, DEFINE “ASYLUM” AS OFFERING THOSE WHO ARE FLEEING THEIR HOME COUNTRIES FOR ETHNIC, RELIGIOUS, OR POLITICAL PERSECUTION,
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INTERNATIONAL TREATIES AS WELL AS THE LAW IN EACH NATION IN THE WORLD, DEFINE “ASYLUM” AS OFFERING THOSE WHO ARE FLEEING THEIR HOME COUNTRIES FOR ETHNIC, RELIGIOUS, OR POLITICAL PERSECUTION,
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TEMPORARY RESIDENCE IN THE CLOSEST NEIGHBORING NATION OFFERING THEM ENTRANCE.
Like it our not, nowhere in that definition does it say countries are obligated to accept people looking for economic advantage or benefits.
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Like it our not, nowhere in that definition does it say countries are obligated to accept people looking for economic advantage or benefits.
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Nowhere in it is any requirement that borders be open.
It has been estimated that the percentage of people crossing the US Border with Mexico qualifying for Asylum under International and US Law, is about 7-10%.
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It has been estimated that the percentage of people crossing the US Border with Mexico qualifying for Asylum under International and US Law, is about 7-10%.
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I would guess that there may be more that might qualify as they are from Cuba, Venezuela, and Nicaragua and fleeing for regimes that arrest people for dissent.
But the US is not following up to find who really qualifies or not.
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But the US is not following up to find who really qualifies or not.
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SO, IF ONLY 7-10% QUALIFY FOR ASYLUM, WHAT SHOULD BE DONE WITH ALL THE OTHERS?
Of course, what will Congress do? The Democrats talk about Compassion, but their Compassion seems to end with their words.
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Of course, what will Congress do? The Democrats talk about Compassion, but their Compassion seems to end with their words.
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Unless of course they think allowing in criminals, terrorists, and lots of people to be treated as slaves is compassion."
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