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Tuesday, July 16, 2019

FLASHBACK: Obama said in 2014 crime and poverty not enough for asylum claim

President Barack Obama said in 2014 that seeking asylum in the United States was "narrowly defined," and likely wouldn't apply to most people seeking asylum at the southern border. He said in a press conference, "Under U.S. law, we admit a certain number of refugees from all around the world based on some pretty narrow criteria. Typically, refugee status is not granted just based on economic need or because a family lives in a bad neighborhood or poverty. It's typically defined, fairly narrowly. You have a state, for example, that was targeting a political activist and they need to get out of the country for fear of prosecution or even death."

Obama's interpretation of U.S. immigration and asylum law contradicts the feelings of many current Democratic lawmakers who have called for the decriminalization of unauthorized border crossings, the closing of migrant detention centers, and the abolition of Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Obama further stated of the migrants at the southern border, "There may be some narrow circumstances in which there is a humanitarian or refugee status that a family might be eligible for. If that were the case, it would be better for them to apply in-country, rather than take a very dangerous journey all the way up to Texas to make those same claims. But, I think it's important to recognize that would not necessarily accommodate a large number of additional migrants."

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6 comments:

  1. Well Why can't Trump do the same thing??? Because he
    is White !!! And was Elected by America to be POTUS !!!

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    1. Exactly, now it is supposedly racist like everything else the left hates, milk, cows, clouds, etc!

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  2. Are you tired of the race card bullcrap ? Remember Jussie Smollet ? Double standards ? Are you as fed up with this crap as me ?...

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  3. Race card? I don't think it was Obama that said immigrants are drug dealers and rapists.

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    1. I believe he said “some are drug dealers and rapists”. And this is a fact so what’s the problem? What was racist about what he said? Please elaborate 8:05.

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  4. Take AWAY the RACE CARD by simply doing AWAY with

    AFFIRMATIVE ACTION = Reverse Discrimination Laws !!!

    Then Nobody can cry Racist anymore , because noone
    will then CARE anymore !!!! SOLVED !!!!

    Everyone FAVORS their Own Race , so ALL are Racist , ALL
    Get over it , quit Wining !!!

    If anyone should be Mad & Fed Up > it should be the Whites

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