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Politics : The Trump Presidency

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To: Steve Lokness who wrote (78839)	6/21/2018 5:00:19 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (1) of 361917

"That means people get to determine what they see as an acceptable number of people to come in" When do we get to vote on the number? "you must play by all the rules" One of the rules is that it's against the law to arrest people who want asylum. People fleeing persecution have the right to seek asylum \| These directives failed to mention U.S. treaty obligations that prohibit the penalization of refugees for illegal entry or presence—protections created in the wake of World War II, after many nations had treated refugees who sought asylum in their countries or who had invalid travel documents as “illegal” entrants.4 In fact, the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Inspector General warned in 2015 that the referral of asylum seekers for criminal prosecution may violate U.S. obligations under the Refugee Convention and its Protocol. The bipartisan U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) also expressed concern about this practice.5 humanrightsfirst.org

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