So here’s a repugnant move by right-wing assholes. Taxans: you can counter that shit. If a hospital asks you whether you are in the country legally, instead of saying “yes” the right answer is “I decline to answer”. Don’t give the dicks their stats.

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    20 days ago

    You were talking about the asylum seekers Texas sent to Martha’s Vineyard and NYC after lying to them and withholding information from the receiving jurisdictions for the purpose of creating political theater

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      19 days ago

      Just because they claim asylum when they get caught doesn’t mean jack shit. They don’t magically stop being illegal immigrants, and frankly, I think it should result in their claim being denied

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        19 days ago

        Asylum is a legal process. If they follow that process (which begins with claiming asylum), then of course they cease to be illegal immigrants throughout the process.

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          18 days ago

          I should also add that some people come for asylum but they do not follow the legal process because they are reasonably concerned that the process will fail to protect them (especially if they entered under the Trump regime). If someone enters without filing then gets targeted (e.g. a hospital rats them out), and only then claim asylum, I don’t know what happens but obviously we need the process is competent about separating the genuine cases from the rest. I suppose that’s the scenario you are referring to.

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        19 days ago

        when they get caught

        My man, people coming across the border to claim asylum intentionally turn themselves in. You fantasize about USCBP “hunting down illegals” when in reality 90% of their job is serving as taxis for people who are intentionally trying to be found