I guess she's just not the bottemless pit of incompetency, stupidity, and hypocrisy Trump is.

The US shouldn't offer asylum to Hondurans or Guatamalabs fleeing a break down of civil order and imploding economies?Forty Two wrote:In order forthese folks to be "refugees", they must be "persecuted" under international law, which means, they can no longer live in Honduras due to a reasonable fear or proof they will be persecuted by reason of their race, religion, nationality, membership in a social group, or political opinion. Refugee status is secured while outside of the US (or any other country for which refugee status is sought). Once a person crosses the border, he can't be a refugee.
Once the border is crossed, they could become "asylum seekers." Asylum seekers are already in country, but have a claim that if they are returned to Honduras (or whatever home country), they will be persecuted for religious, racial, national origin, or social group/political opinion reasons.
So, what should happen here. What should happen is that the US shouldn't let a single Honduran in that mob into the country. And, there is a very good reason for it, and it's a reason adhered to by "every other first world civilized industrialized country" including all the pontificating and bloviating Europeans.
That reason is the United Nations Convention and Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees.
Every country involved here has signed onto that Convention.
That requires the "first safe country" to be the country at which asylum claims are to be resolved in the "first safe country." I.e. a refugee claim would be made from Honduras - they'd go to the US consulate, and claim refugee status there, or they'd be part of a group that is en masse designated "refugee status" under international law. If they actually leave Honduras under a claim of persecution, once they enter Guatemala or Belize, they would be required under international law to have their asylum claim processed in Guatemala or Belize if one of those countries is a "safe country" (meaning the persecution they claim to be suffering for religious, racial, political reasons will not be occurring there). If that's not a safe country, then they can move to Mexico and process their claim there.
Interesting thing, though. Of all the interviews I've seen of members of this mob by CNN and such, not a single one claims they are being persecuted for their political opinions, religion, race, national origin or social group. Not one. They all say they want a better life, jobs, etc.
If that's their claim, then they aren't fucking refugees or asylees, and they need to go the fuck home.
If they ARE claiming such persecution, then they really need to explain why the fuck they wouldn't be safe from this persecution in Guatemala or Mexico. I mean, are Mexicans persecuting these Hondurans for their politics? Social group? Latino status? Catholic religion? They are going to harass and commit violence against Hondurans because they're Honduran? Funny - nobody seems to be persecuting them now, even after they assaulted police and battered down fences to bust their way into the country. They're moving freely and unmolested through the country.
So, no matter how you slice this, either they are not refugee/asylees, in which case, go the fuck home. And if they are refugee/asylees, then there is no reason the shouldn't be processed in Mexico or Guatemala.
Trump is -- once again -- in the right. The Democrats are playing politics with immigration. They are making this out to be some obligation on the part of the US to accept these mobs of economic migrants into the country, and calling the President a racist if he doesn't agree.
Fuck them. Go home. Go back to Honduras. This is a major political grandstanding move.
Bog help us all if the fucking Democrats get control of the House.
I believe he made his position perfectly clear:Brian Peacock wrote: ↑Wed Oct 24, 2018 8:30 amThe US shouldn't offer asylum to Hondurans or Guatamalabs fleeing a break down of civil order and imploding economies?Forty Two wrote:
If they are refugees/asylees, then Mexico or Guatemala, as the "first safe country" under the UN Convention on Refugees should process the asylum claim - just the same way as Europe does it.Seabass wrote: ↑Wed Oct 24, 2018 9:42 amI believe he made his position perfectly clear:Brian Peacock wrote: ↑Wed Oct 24, 2018 8:30 amThe US shouldn't offer asylum to Hondurans or Guatamalabs fleeing a break down of civil order and imploding economies?Forty Two wrote:
A refugee is someone who has been forced to flee his or her country because of persecution, war or violence. A refugee has a well-founded fear of persecution for reasons of race, religion, nationality, political opinion or membership in a particular social group. Most likely, they cannot return home or are afraid to do so. War and ethnic, tribal and religious violence are leading causes of refugees fleeing their countries. The UN hasn't designated them as refugees. Doesn't seem as if they qualify.Brian Peacock wrote: ↑Wed Oct 24, 2018 8:30 amThe US shouldn't offer asylum to Hondurans or Guatamalabs fleeing a break down of civil order and imploding economies?
Nobody does incompetence, stupidity, and hypocrisy like Trump.
For the record, I did not claim that the the caravan was burning the flat, or members of the caravan were burning the flag. What I wrote was "and protesters in support of the group burn the American flag" - That is exactly what happened, protesters in support of the caravan burned the American flag at the embassy in Honduras.Seabass wrote: ↑Wed Oct 24, 2018 12:04 pmYou dumb motherfucker. Your entire goddamn worldview is shaped by disinformation. Everything you believe is bullshit.
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/caravan-burning-flag/
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/carav ... flag-fire/
LOL, who cares what conservatives think?
Can the moderators move the Caravan Derail into a new thread?
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