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Pablo Andreu's avatar

Let me get this straight: The current administration can get away with life-threatening "administrative errors" and ignoring court rulings, but asylum seekers can have their case thrown out for a typo? Sounds about right.

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Careen Shannon's avatar

Thanks for sharing your analysis of this disturbing development, Austin. I wrote about this with a lot more snark earlier this week. Now the New York Times has covered it as well. The real question is: will anybody care?

https://careenshannon.substack.com/p/kangaroo-immigration-courts-become

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/us/immigration-asylum-judges-policy.html?smid=li-share

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Austin Kocher's avatar

Oh just starting reading yours too! Excellent, I'm adding it to my post. :)

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The Revolution Continues's avatar

We need to re-write the poem on the base of the Statue of Liberty: "Don't give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.... Don't come. Just don't bother. We won't let you in--unless you're white and a billionaire with connections."

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