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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Haha, so Republicans just think asylum policies are bullshit. That's the crux of their whining. [/quote]

You clearly don't know anything about asylum laws but haha away while you expose your ignorance. [/quote]

The asylum game is BS. I'm an immigration attorney. I've been doing employment based for nearly 20 years. Attorneys file frivolous asylum applications when applicants have no other basis for applying for entry into the US. It is also one of the only categories that allow an individual to file for benefits after having entered without inspection (EWI, meaning entered "illegally"). In order to apply for almost any benefit you must show a lawful entry (e.g., were inspected at border). Asylum doesn't require that so thousands of applications are filed each year. While they are pending, USCIS issues the applicants a temporary work authorization card that allows them to remain in the country and work while the application is pending. Most of these cases are flimsy at best and have no true claim in asylum. My fellow attorneys, however, love it because they can charge $10K per case and make a killing off the system. Meanwhile, the asylum cases are severely backlogged. You won't see an immigration judge for at least 6-8 years, and that is fairly optimistic. but the important sell is that (a) you can remain in country without risk of deportation while case is pending; and (b) you get the EAD/work authorization. Asylum has an huge denial rate, thought that does depend on the forum. IJs in more liberal cities (SF, Seattle, etc.) grant at a higher rate, while ATL, eg, denies at around 80%. Overall, I'd say it's a 30% approval rate across the board. USCIS asylum approvals are increasing under Biden with a 40/60 rate.

As an employment atty, I hate asylum. It's infuriating. My clients with valid job offers from US companies can wait up to 10 years for green card with no EAD offered while an EWI entry can be rewarded with a work authorization card from day one. And asylum cases can be filed for free by indigent applicants. It costs the government a lot of money to cover those cases. The solution? USCIS has tacked an asylum subsidy fee of $600 per employment visa case for US employers. In sum, if a US company wants to file for a foreign worker, they have to cover the costs of asylum.

I am 100% opposed to the Venezuelan TPS and migrant waves. VZ leads Latin America in murder and crime rates, and we have no way of running background checks or vetting any of these individuals. These are not Mexican farm workers. In most VZ cases, they've gone without work for a long time and are likely criminals.

I've never voted R in my life but VZ TPS may set me over the edge.

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Are you going to vote R because they have a plan to reform the asylum laws? [/quote]

I will vote R because they do not want to admit the migrants in the first place and willre-institute the third country safe haven. Firstly, Dems don't even recognize a problem and that's a huge red flag for me. I'd like to see removal numbers increased (like they were under Obama) and a halt to the designation of TPS countries. TPS should not be made permanent - like in the case of El Salvador. The problem is that once they're here, we're looking at a 1% chance of them leaving. We cannot deport to VZ so will have a huge issue with these folks.

[b]Also, Dems on crime. Abysmal. [/b]

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Kind of problematic given that these migrants at some point will have to live amongst the rest of us. [/quote]

You can contract with third countries to take them. Maybe the US will give Uganda scale that the Brits alone can't [/quote]

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