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phoenixgsu t1_iya5bqe wrote

Reply to comment by forgedbygeeks in Antiwar Activists Who Flee Russia Find Detention, Not Freedom, in the U.S. by ThisIsNotCorn

Showing up at the border and applying for asylum and illegally crossing and getting caught are two different things. Unfortunately these two get treated the same. Everyone applying for asylum should be afforded a chance to make their case and have reasonable accommodations or sponsorship.

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vlsdo t1_iyaig4e wrote

If showing up at the border and applying for asylum gets you in the same cell and just as deported as getting caught crossing illegally, might as well cross illegally, at least you have a chance of not getting caught. You can't except people to subject themselves to a broken process without any incentive to do so, especially desperate people like refugees.

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[deleted] t1_iybjoof wrote

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vlsdo t1_iybpql8 wrote

Immigration is broken? No worries, breaking the Geneva convention will solve it!

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Electrical_Tip352 t1_iydpc2s wrote

What the actual fuck? Like we’re north and South Korea? Or like about to leave a war zone in one of the shitholes we fought in (we made most of them shitholes btw)?

You want to lay mines across our border? To get all those evil unaccompanied minors and moms? Sometimes I can’t believe I fought for your right to say and think this shit. I’m very disappointed in america recently and this is why.

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