tailgater wrote:Asylum from what?
During the early days of the caravan, one of the news channels interviewed a few of the meek mothers with kids hanging from every limb and breast.
First one had no money. No food. No shelter.
Second one had an abusive boyfriend / baby-father who was a gang-banger.
I thought the asylum clause was based on government oppression. Not poor life choices.
Seems to me the "asylum" plea is a scam.
There. ..
Not exactly....there's an ocean of room for interpretation...like with is a social group???
U.S. Code › Title 8 › Chapter 12 › Subchapter II › Part I › § 1158
8 U.S. Code § 1158 - Asylum
US Code
(B) Burden of proof
(i) In general
The burden of proof is on the applicant to establish that the applicant is a refugee, within the meaning of section 1101(a)(42)(A) of this title. To establish that the applicant is a refugee within the meaning of such section, the applicant must establish that race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion was or will be at least one central reason for persecuting the applicant.