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Originally posted by carpedm9587
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He said "legally seeking asylum and protection from violence." One can apply for asylum and be denied and still be "legally seeking asylum," a point a lot of people on the right seem to ignore, forget, or simply be ignorant of. This is quite likely how Teal and Sparko got off on their tangent that I am somehow for "open borders." I am for hearing the petition of anyone/everyone who crosses our borders and submits themselves immediately to authorities (or applies at one of our embassies) and requests asylum. Because it is currently a fact that anyone so doing will be caught in a multi-year process, giving them access to the U.S. for the entirety of that period, the number of people doing this has soared to get access for that multi-year period, hoping to be able to parlay it into a longer period, have "anchor babies," disappear as an "illegal," etc. To address that reality we need to:
1) Provide points for application outside the U.S.
2) Reduce the review process to a few weeks by providing adequate resources to execute those reviews expeditiously.
When people realize that only a fraction of the people applying are being granted asylum because the rest don't meet the requirements, they will tend to think twice about spending massive amount of money and exposing themselves to the dangers of the journey only to be denied and sent back. Meanwhile, we won't be turning away people who actually DO qualify for asylum, so we will continue to be acting in good faith among the international community.
1) Provide points for application outside the U.S.
2) Reduce the review process to a few weeks by providing adequate resources to execute those reviews expeditiously.
When people realize that only a fraction of the people applying are being granted asylum because the rest don't meet the requirements, they will tend to think twice about spending massive amount of money and exposing themselves to the dangers of the journey only to be denied and sent back. Meanwhile, we won't be turning away people who actually DO qualify for asylum, so we will continue to be acting in good faith among the international community.
It's obviously about Carpe! 
We are not creating a government reality show!
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