The Pretzel Logic of Some Asylum Seekers
By Dan Cadman on January 3, 2020
The San Diego Union-Tribune reports that Mexicans asking the United States for asylum (but who must remain in Mexico because current policy precludes entering our country while the claim is pending) are upset about a U.S. plan to "deport" them to Central America, so they're demanding that the Mexican government intercede on their behalf.
Let's take half a minute to parse that tangled mess. First, it isn't "deportation". What these individuals are referring to is the fact that Mexican asylum seekers may be obliged to pursue their claim in Guatemala, which has a "safe third-country" agreement with the United States. If they agree, no doubt American taxpayers will literally pay the freight to get them there. If they don't, then no doubt the United States will take the next steps and place them formally into removal proceedings and at that point seek their deportation. But it's important to understand the distinction.
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