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No they were lawful asylum seekers.
by bigmattystyles 4y ago
No they were lawful asylum seekers.
- gjs278 4y ago
- deleted 4y ago[deleted]
- thehappypm 4y agoThis kind of feels like doublespeak. Most migrants come for work, not to escape persecution. Economic migrants use asylum as a way to avoid being deported.
- cycrutchfield 4y agoFrom a legal standpoint that is irrelevant. Until their asylum case is adjudicated, they are here legally.
- thehappypm 4y agoall immigration is legal if you claim to be an asylum seeker. It’s not intended to be a deportation-delayer for economic migrants.
- cycrutchfield 4y agoCool. How do you decide who is an economic migrant?
- coryrc 4y agoIf they traveled through another country (Mexico) which could grant asylum, but chose not to stay there.
- cycrutchfield 4y agoIf it were that easy, why aren’t they doing that?
- the_third_wave 4y agoI can't speak for these people but I do know why this happens in Sweden (where I live): because the Swedish state provides lavish benefits, a lot more than neighbouring countries. This fact is taken by human smugglers, blown out of all proportions where they promise migrants that they'll get a house and a car and a girlfriend (not a joke) if only they pay them €€€€ to be dumped into a leaky boat across the Mediterranean.
- thehappypm 4y agoBecause they arent seeking asylum! They want jobs.
- cycrutchfield 4y agoSorry, I wasn't precise enough with my language. I was saying if it is that easy to determine who has a legitimate asylum claim, then why don't the courts do so?
- coryrc 4y agoWhen they actually show up to court, they're usually not granted asylum. But we have teens of millions of people living here illegally, it's not hard to avoid the authorities.
- thehappypm 4y agoThis is exactly what I’ve been saying. Many migrants don’t even show up to their asylum hearings.. they just use it as a deportation delayer. You’d think 100% of migrants would show up if they were serious but its only like 80%.
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- bigmattystyles 4y agoThen change the law, you can't have it both ways. Also - if they weren't here legally before the stunt then the governor of Florida literally smuggled people into the country, which he cannot do as immigration is the federal government's purview. The thing is, there is a decent point that border states bare the brunt of illegal immigration issues but to draw attention to it at the expense of poor humans is just despicable.