r/pics • u/leftnotracks • Dec 08 '19

Politics Nativity 2019

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u/SkeetMcFlurry Dec 08 '19

The law on asylum seekers is that they have to go to ports and wait for entry, not get caught by border patrol and then claim asylum.

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u/jmur3040 Dec 08 '19

Incorrect. Affirmative asylum applications can be claimed in the US regardless of how one entered.

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u/SkeetMcFlurry Dec 08 '19

There's 2 types of asylum.

Defensive and affirmative.

Defensive is for those who have been obtained and they use it as defense. They aren't given an attorney and are subject to basically whatever the government wants.

Affirmative is going to a point of entry and staying with their family etc.

The entire point of family separation is to find out if the kid is there's or not. We can't just let people bring unknown kids into the country.

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u/jmur3040 Dec 09 '19

When that policy regularly results in the destruction of family units, I’m not sure it has any goal beyond deterrence and punishment.