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Bolivian Man Accused of Genocide Has Asylum in the U.S.
Late last month, Bolivia’s Supreme Court of Justice convicted seven former military and government officials of genocide, reports Indian Country Today Media Network. The military...
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Jewish Hatemonger and Her Lies About Syrian TPS
Conservative blogger Debbie Schlussel has made a name for herself fighting “radical Islam,” which to her is synonymous with any form of Islam. For instance, in response to Osama...
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Case Dismissed Against “Halva Terrorists”
Last August, I wrote about three Eritrean refugees who were arrested at Phoenix airport and accused of plotting a terrorist attack. The Eritreans were caught with a package of...
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Fox News Goes After Syrian Asylee – By Any Means Necessary
On Fox News, the ends always seem to justify the means. It’s acceptable to smear a perceived political opponent based on the most tenuous of evidence. For this reason, even when Fox...
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To the Security Officers of the World: Thank You
In light of the terrorist attack in Boston earlier this week, I wanted to write about security at Immigration Courts, USCIS, and the Asylum Offices. As of this writing, we don’t...
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Immigration, Asylum Reform and the New Terrorism
The situation is still developing in Boston. As of this writing, one terrorist is dead; another is on the loose, and a third man–dubbed “an accomplice”–is in police custody. There...
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CIS Uses Boston Attack to Condemn Asylum, Immigration System
The “low immigration, pro-immigrant” group Center for Immigration Studies claims that the “United States has naturalized at least a few thousand alleged terrorists in recent years.”...
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In Defense of Muslim Asylum Seekers
Since the Boston bombing, we’ve heard much talk about restricting access to asylum (and immigration) for Muslims. Opponents of reform have wondered aloud how the Tsarnaev brothers...
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You Can’t Go Home Again (Thanks to the Tsarnaev Brothers)
As the Senate inches forward on immigration reform, the bombing in Boston looms large. In a recent amendment, Senators agreed that asylum seekers will automatically lose their...
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Former CIA Official Reveals Secrets, Plans to Seek Asylum Abroad
The man who revealed the U.S. government’s program of secret surveillance, including of millions of U.S. citizens, has fled to Hong Kong and indicated that he will be seeking asylum...
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Edward Snowden and the Realpolitik of Asylum
As of this writing, it appears that Edward Snowden, the NSA “whistleblower,” is holed up in the Moscow airport looking for a country to take him in. He already has offers of asylum...
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Dear House Republicans: Hate the Government? Go Live in a Country Without One
At the heart of the Republicans’ intransigence on the budget and the debt ceiling, and their willingness to shut our government down in order to (sort-of) block Obamacare, lies an...
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Behind the Security Background Checks
Before they can receive asylum, every applicant must undergo a security background check. But what exactly does the government check? And how can they learn about an applicant’s...
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Ethiopian Refugees Help Catch Their Persecutors
In the Ethiopian-American community, at long last, the hunters have become the hunted. Members of the community have created a new website to share information and help bring to...
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Judiciary Committee Hearing on Asylum Abuse: Some Questions for Rep....
Lately, I’ve been worrying that asylum might become a victim of its own success. Thanks to lawyers pushing the law, the number and categories of people eligible for asylum has...
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Beirut Embassy Bomber Gets US Asylum, New Book (Incorrectly) Claims
A new book by Pulitzer-Prize winner Kai Bird claims that the Iranian intelligence officer behind the 1983 bombing of the U.S. embassy in Beirut–and many other terrorist...
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An Interview with “Juan”– Unaccompanied Minor, ISIS Supporter, and Ebola Carrier
In a recent press conference, the dynamic duo of Congressman Steve King and rich guy Donald Trump made some pretty frightening claims about the young people who have lately been...
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Palestinian Activist Convicted of Immigration Fraud; Supporters Cry Foul
Earlier this week, Rasmea Odeh, the associate director of the Arab American Action Network in Chicago, was convicted of one count of Unlawful Procurement of Naturalization. She...
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It’s Time to End the Cuban Adjustment Act
In a surprise move (at least a surprise to me), President Obama announced that our country would be moving towards normalization of our relationship with Cuba. As part of the deal,...
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A Well-Founded Fear… of Muslim Asylum Seekers
For some time now, the threat of Islamic extremism has been an important factor in our country’s immigration and asylum policies. But two recent–and horrific–events overseas have...
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