They come for asylum, insisting they face persecution for their religion, or sexuality or for supporting the wrong politicians. For generations, they had been given the chance to make their case to U.S. authorities. Not anymore. apnews.com/article/trum... - ThreadSky

urocklive1.bsky.social • 19 days ago

They come for asylum, insisting they face persecution for their religion, or sexuality or for supporting the wrong politicians.

For generations, they had been given the chance to make their case to U.S. authorities.

Not anymore.

https://apnews.com/article/trump-immigration-asylum-lawsuit-courts-d325740dd73f425309c66f89e670fd8f

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mkakkool.bsky.social•19 days ago

It smells Stephen miller

thefewtheproud.bsky.social•19 days ago

You know why we like having our immigrants around?

Because most born in the USA people are stupid mean and just plain suck anymore!

Just sayin.

You know it’s true! 🤷‍♂️

mykie84.bsky.social•19 days ago

Unless you’re white from South Africa.

urocklive1.bsky.social•19 days ago

“They didn’t give us an ICE officer to talk to. They didn’t give us an interview. No one asked me what happened,” said a Russian election worker who sought asylum after he was caught with video recordings he made of vote rigging. On Feb. 26, he was deported to Costa Rica with his wife and young son.

urocklive1.bsky.social•19 days ago

On Jan. 20 Trump suspended the asylum system, issuing a series of executive orders designed to stop what he called the “invasion” of the United States.

https://apnews.com/article/trump-immigration-asylum-lawsuit-courts-d325740dd73f425309c66f89e670fd8f

urocklive1.bsky.social•19 days ago

What asylum-seekers now find is a murky, ever-changing situation with few obvious rules, where people can be deported to countries they know nothing about after fleeting conversations with immigration officials while others languish in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody.

urocklive1.bsky.social•19 days ago

Attorneys who work with asylum-seekers say their phones have gone quiet since Trump 2.0. They suspect many who cross are immediately expelled without a chance at asylum or are detained to wait for screening under the UN’s convention against torture, which is harder to qualify for than asylum.

urocklive1.bsky.social•19 days ago

A federal judge is expected to rule on whether courts can review the admin’s use of invasion claims to justify suspending asylum. No date is set.

The government says its declaration of an invasion is not subject to judicial oversight, at one point calling it “an unreviewable political question.”

mbbrownsf.bsky.social•19 days ago

Reading though all of this makes me sick. Sick at heart, sick to my stomach, sick to my very core.

manuele.bsky.social•19 days ago

Stephen Miller suspends asylum system. Trump is just Stephen Miller’s megaphone.

smallbutsharp.bsky.social•19 days ago

"For generations, they had been given the chance to make their case to U.S. authorities
Not anymore"

no surprise really - everyone continues to underestimate trump

it is taking some time, but really really REALLY if he could have it ALL with a snap of his fingers, it would all happen instantly

boomdrummer.bsky.social•19 days ago

Every single legitimate news organization and every elected democrat needs to start referring to TFG this way anytime they mention him

“Convicted felon President Trump”

Please start doing so

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