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Politics : The Trump Presidency -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: abuelita who wrote (79078)	6/22/2018 9:20:06 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 362732

"i think the people crossing your borders now could correctly be categorized as refugees" They're asking for asylum. That means they can cross the border legally anywhere. We're violating international law by arresting them for illegal entry. That doesn't mean we can't turn them down and kick them out. There's gonna be a lot of lawsuits. Why don't you guys offer to take some? == Previous administrations have correctly not prosecuted asylum seekers for illegal entry. Doing so is a violation of domestic asylum law as well as international human rights law because asylum seekers have the legal right to seek asylum. Domestic law is grounded in widely-accepted international standards, starting with Article 14 of the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rightsand Article 27 of the 1948 American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man, and continuing with the 1951 U.N. Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees. As stated by the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees ‘‘refugees should not be penalized for their illegal entry or stay… the seeking of asylum can require refugees to breach immigration rules. Prohibited penalties might include being charged with immigration or criminal offences relating to the seeking of asylum, or being arbitrarily detained purely on the basis of seeking asylum. Message 31663400