Asylum "trial"

[Roy]

From the BBC website:

Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-46026050

"If they apply for asylum, we're going to hold them until such time as their trial takes place. We're going to hold them, we're going to build tent cities, we're gonna build tents all over the place," he said in an interview on Monday.

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Why would an asylum applicant have a "trial"? A hearing, perhaps, or a review, or maybe application processing - but a trial? That implies the speaker considers all asylum seekers to be criminals until proven otherwise - or that it is illegal to apply for asylum.

[Bill the Cat]

It's a colloquial way of saying a "hearing". He wasn't trying to be dead-on accurate with his terminology.

[seer]

He wasn't trying to be dead-on accurate with his terminology.

Is he ever?

[Cow Poke]

From the BBC website:

Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-46026050

"If they apply for asylum, we're going to hold them until such time as their trial takes place. We're going to hold them, we're going to build tent cities, we're gonna build tents all over the place," he said in an interview on Monday.

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Why would an asylum applicant have a "trial"? A hearing, perhaps, or a review, or maybe application processing - but a trial? That implies the speaker considers all asylum seekers to be criminals until proven otherwise - or that it is illegal to apply for asylum.

A "trial" is simply a procedure in which the facts are "tried" - Doesn't necessarily mean a criminal proceeding. But, yes, "hearing" would be a better word. They're Brits, after all.

[Roy]

A "trial" is simply a procedure in which the facts are "tried" - Doesn't necessarily mean a criminal proceeding.

"Trial" applied to people usually means "a formal examination of evidence by a judge, typically before a jury, in order to decide guilt in a case of criminal or civil proceedings." I'm fairly sure the asylum seekers aren't drugs or sheepdogs

They're Brits, after all.

Uh, what?

[Cow Poke]

"Trial" applied to people usually means "a formal examination of evidence by a judge, typically before a jury, in order to decide guilt in a case of criminal or civil proceedings." I'm fairly sure the asylum seekers aren't drugs or sheepdogs

Ok, I didn't realize we were playing "how pissy can we be".

Uh, what?

The BBC - from whence comes your article. The FIRST "B" stands for British. They may have substituted a word, who knows.

Got video?

Speaking of video... I love the part in the one in the article where Trump makes the claim that there are criminals in the caravan, so they absolutely prove that's not true by asking this guy....

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That absolutely proves it!

[Roy]

The BBC - from whence comes your article. The FIRST "B" stands for British. They may have substituted a word, who knows.

Got video?

Alas no. But in my experience the BBC would not substitute "trial" but not fix "gonna".

Speaking of video... I love the part in the one in the article where Trump makes the claim that there are criminals in the caravan, so they absolutely prove that's not true by asking this guy....

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That absolutely proves it!

Not the BBC's finest hour.

[Sparko]

Well Roy, Mr. Nitpicker... since they all illegally entered Mexico and overran the border police, they are all indeed criminals now, aren't they?

[Cow Poke]

Well Roy, Mr. Nitpicker... since they all illegally entered Mexico and overran the border police, they are all indeed criminals now, aren't they?

That one man says they're not, and he looks sincere.

[Sparko]

That one man says they're not, and he looks sincere.

well he is a lying criminal so you can't believe what he says.

[Bill the Cat]

Well Roy, Mr. Nitpicker... since they all illegally entered Mexico and overran the border police, they are all indeed criminals now, aren't they?

https://www.breitbart.com/border/201...y-authorities/

Mexican authorities arrested two Hondurans who allegedly shot at federal police officers escorting the migrant caravan across the southern state of Chiapas. The attack follows shortly after government warnings about Molotov cocktail attacks around a second caravan near the border with Guatemala.

[Cow Poke]

https://www.breitbart.com/border/201...y-authorities/

Mexican authorities arrested two Hondurans who allegedly shot at federal police officers escorting the migrant caravan across the southern state of Chiapas. The attack follows shortly after government warnings about Molotov cocktail attacks around a second caravan near the border with Guatemala.

Just good ol' boys, never meanin no harm.