Posted on 04/23/2015 1:04:33 PM PDT by jazusamo
Being a single mother or witnessing a gang crime could be enough for Central American illegal immigrants to get on the path to asylum under guidance the Homeland Security Department issued last week, opening up new ways for the current surge of illegal immigrants to gain a legal foothold in the U.S.
The guidance, a 27-page training document from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, says women who flee Central America because they fear being a single woman at the head of a household can be deemed to be part of a targeted social group, and can make a claim that they have a “credible fear” of being targeted in their home countries.
Likewise, victims of gang crimes, which are epidemic in El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras, can make the case that they fear retaliation — also proving a “credible fear” and earning a place on the pathway to getting asylum in the U.S. — according to the agency documents, which were obtained by the Judiciary Committees in both the House and Senate.
“It is an evolving area of law,” Joseph E. Langlois, associate director of the refugee and asylum program at USCIS, told the Senate committee at a hearing Thursday.
Congressional critics, though, said the new rules are more a rewrite than an evolution, and predicted they will make it possible for most of those who have arrived in the recent surge of illegal immigration from Central America to gain initial protected status.
“It changes the standards. it’s breathtaking in its liberalities in regard to what a refugee is,” Sen. Jeff Sessions, chairman of the Judiciary Committee’s immigration subcommittee, told Mr. Langlois.
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WAR IS COMING
no
There sure is a whole lot of immoral thought though.
I am so happy for you two! CONGRATULATIONS!
Thank you.
Ha. We are truly screwed.
Only if their hot.
Ducks for cover,
Thunderdome's more likely.
You know what, ultimately it would be something close to that.
LOL! That’s a better qualifier than just witnessing a gang crime. :).
Jackie impresses me as the sort of person who would never be turned away by immigration officials, in any country. Ever.
Deserving.
Move them to Vatican City.
Like the proverbial frog, Obama is slowly raising the temperature of the water until we are completely cooked.
As usual, LIBs hate themselves and hate Free America. Wouldn’t they save a lot of time by just offing themselves? ALL LIB ideas are insane.
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