These are all heartbreaking stories, but this piece (which appears to have been common to many)
>Serwarah acquired a fake visa for Brazil, where she landed in November 2024, and from there she took buses, trekked the Darién Gap,
This is exactly the part that median voters will want to change. The question of “why not apply for asylum in the many countries you passed through” is a question most Americans would pose to these people. It’s seen as gaming the system, and it’s seen as delegitimizing asylum claims. If this person had applied for asylum in Brazil, they wouldn’t have had the chance to get deported from America.
I think we all need to recognize this, something’s gotta give with regards to asylum laws. We will absolutely need to reform this system if we don’t want to lose it to populist anger, and that may be “first safe country agreements” where you will be rejected if you don’t apply in the first safe country you land in.
These stories are heartbreaking, but unfortunately *Americans are getting exactly what they voted for*, and we need to understand that if we want to win the next election.
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These are all heartbreaking stories, but this piece (which appears to have been common to many)
>Serwarah acquired a fake visa for Brazil, where she landed in November 2024, and from there she took buses, trekked the Darién Gap,
This is exactly the part that median voters will want to change. The question of “why not apply for asylum in the many countries you passed through” is a question most Americans would pose to these people. It’s seen as gaming the system, and it’s seen as delegitimizing asylum claims. If this person had applied for asylum in Brazil, they wouldn’t have had the chance to get deported from America.
I think we all need to recognize this, something’s gotta give with regards to asylum laws. We will absolutely need to reform this system if we don’t want to lose it to populist anger, and that may be “first safe country agreements” where you will be rejected if you don’t apply in the first safe country you land in.
These stories are heartbreaking, but unfortunately *Americans are getting exactly what they voted for*, and we need to understand that if we want to win the next election.