Space KarenDec 26, 2022
Qasim Rashid, Esq.

As a human rights lawyer who has done extensive immigration work, let me make something absolutely clear.

Asylum is legal immigration.
There's no "port of entry" requirement.
There's no "visa" requirement.
There's no "first country" requirement.
You enter the United States, and you apply for asylum.

Because asylum is legal immigration. Period.

Period.

Dec 25, 2022 at 8:28pmWeb
Show threadPeggyJoan ☮️💙🌈🐶Dec 25, 2022
@QasimRashid
I want to Boost this a thousand times. Thank you.
Show threadBarneyRCN🇨🇦⚓️🎓Dec 25, 2022
@QasimRashid Thank you for making that clear for all those, ‘you know who’s’!!
Show threadLaneyDec 26, 2022
@barney6063 @QasimRashid sadly, those that really need to know this don’t appear to be on this platform. 😞
Show threadHolly 🇨🇦Dec 26, 2022
@QasimRashid @barney6063 @laneyB They wouldn’t listen anyway. Facts don’t tend to stick.
Show threadAngie AdamsonDec 25, 2022
@QasimRashid Can you also explain that to the new Australian "Labor" Govt who are supposedly left wing, who used to be migration- friendly, but have followed on with their predecessor's incarceration of asylum seekers?
Show threadKate SaloisDec 25, 2022
@QasimRashid This!!!!!!
Show threadMattias SchlenkerDec 25, 2022
@QasimRashid Same for the European Union. No one is illegal.
Show threadjposelDec 26, 2022
@QasimRashid @mattias it is a little bit more complex, as there is a common European asylum system, which no doubt needs reforms, but which allows for sending back within a certain time frame towards the first EU border crossing country (cf https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/policies/eu-migration-policy/eu-asylum-reform/)
EU asylum reform

What is the common European asylum system? Why is the EU reforming the asylum rules?

Show threadFish HeadDec 25, 2022
@QasimRashid
Periodt.
Periodtt.
Show threadPhil Thane ✅Dec 25, 2022
@QasimRashid Equally for the UK where we have government ministers talking about 'illegal immigrants' daily.
Show threadSimon BrookeDec 25, 2022

@QasimRashid This applies to the UK too, no matter what our alleged Home Secretary pretends.

#RefugeesAreWelcomeHere

Show threadChookMother 🇦🇺🦘Dec 25, 2022

@QasimRashid

Ditto in Australia. Our own government has misrepresented the law.

Show threadSue B.Dec 25, 2022
@QasimRashid Red state tyrant governors like Abbott, DeSatan, and Ducey treat asylum seekers like unauthorized immigrants.
Do does that mean they can go to jail for transporting immigrants across state lines and/or trafficking offenses?
Show threadKou KiDec 26, 2022

@meow2u22
In Greece just recently a court case has begun that's about this: https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/1200817/

@QasimRashid

Rights activist faces criminal charges

Following a long-running investigation into the illegal trafficking of migrants into Greece, the director of the Hellenic Observatory of the Helsinki Accords, Panagiotis Dimitras, is being prosecuted by judicial authorities on the southeastern Aegean island of Kos on charges of participating in a criminal organization.

Show threadNick DixonDec 25, 2022
@QasimRashid Many in the UK need to understand this too. Thank you.
Show threadAncient Chinese Wisdom 🇨🇦Dec 25, 2022

@QasimRashid A few years ago, I started working for an organization that does important work to support refugees. Since that time, I've come to a heartbreaking understanding that so many people in my city hold utterly disgusting opinions on refugees, asylum seekers and human rights.

The fact that their opinions are based on misinformation and ignorance used to give me some hope, but no longer. Now I just alternate between sadness and anger when I consider this.

Show threadDebbie PetaccioDec 26, 2022
@ancientchinesewisdom @QasimRashid in America we mostly are families coming over from other countries. These people risk their lives to start over in America.
Show threadMorgane OgerDec 25, 2022

@QasimRashid someone passed this to me.

Are you suggesting the US does not adhere to the Safe Third Country Agreement today?

Show threadOpenDNA⚙️Dec 26, 2022
@morganeogerbc @QasimRashid The US does adhere to the Safe Third Country Agreement but it almost never comes up. The number of asylum claims at the Canadian border is near-zero.
Show threadMorgane OgerDec 27, 2022
@opendna @QasimRashid there would be more if groups supporting LGBT refugees thought people could get through and stay in Canada.
Show threadOpenDNA⚙️Dec 27, 2022

@morganeogerbc @[email protected] think you're probably right, but I don't want things to get bad enough in the US to make that happen.

You know this, but for the readers: Since 1991, Canada provide asylum for LGBT persecution.

...but US-based claims are diminished by safe states like California, Colorado, Washington and New York. If you can get safety by moving within a country, it weakens the claim that you have to leave the country to find safety.

Show threadMorgane OgerDec 27, 2022
@opendna very well said, thank you.
Show threadmathewDec 26, 2022

@morganeogerbc @QasimRashid The US ended the “Safe Third Country Agreements”, yes.

https://immigrationimpact.com/2021/02/08/safe-third-country-agreement-biden/

Show threadMorgane OgerDec 26, 2022

@mathew that's great to see the Biden admin is doing something there. Those countries are certainly not universally safe third countries.

There is another such agreement between Canada and the US. It stops #LGBTQ+ persons in the US facing systemic persrcution from accessing safety in Canada.

Thus is why my organization urges LGBTQ+ asylum seekers to avoid the US at all costs in their journey. That needs to fall too.

https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/corporate/mandate/policies-operational-instructions-agreements/agreements/safe-third-country-agreement.html

Canada-U.S. Safe Third Country Agreement - Canada.ca

Policy and Regulations - Canada-U.S. Safe Third Country Agreement

Show threadWendy MsGator 🐊Dec 25, 2022

@QasimRashid

There are many, many Australians, including those in Government who need to heed these words.

Asylum is legal immigration. End of story.

Show threadMickrob9777Dec 25, 2022
@QasimRashid
Teaching people to hate "the other" is intentional and it has dire consequences
Show threadニルス・スキニールDec 25, 2022
@QasimRashid Legally and morally you are correct. However, because of the current SCOTUS, laws and precedence seem to have little value.
In fact there is some right wing discussion that some on the court would find several amendments unconstitutional, such as the 13th, 14th, 15th and 18th. Unconstitutional constitutional amendments if you will.
Show threadJames WellsDec 26, 2022
@Skirnir @QasimRashid
The 18th was repealed in 1933. Perhaps you are referring to the 19th?
Show threadTJDec 25, 2022
@QasimRashid no human is illegal
Show threadAbbas AbdulhusseinDec 25, 2022
@QasimRashid what stops the entire world from coming a seeking asylum. Just asking for clarity as I don’t understand the rules.
Show threadIX-103Dec 25, 2022
@abbas @QasimRashid In case you're not just JAQing off, there are several requirements to get refugee status, but they basically boil down to fear for your life if you were to return to your home country. This could be from political persecution (such as claimed by many refugees from Cuba) or civil unrest (civil war, gang wars). There are a number of countries that the US recognizes that have these problems, which is where the majority of these refugees come from.
Show threadDon TomasDec 26, 2022
@abbas @QasimRashid Article 1 of the Refugee Convention explains that for you. It's easily findable and you can read it in like 20 seconds.
Show threadMike RDec 26, 2022
@abbas @QasimRashid I also wonder this. I’d really like to know what % of these recent immigrants are claiming asylum for invalid reasons? What % even show up to their hearings?
I’m all for immigrants coming here but there need to be some limits.
Show threadlocalzukDec 26, 2022

@abbas @QasimRashid nothing. Anyone can claim asylum. The process then happens to determine if they are legitimate. If they are, asylum is granted. If not, they are returned to their own country.

That's how the system is designed and has worked just fine for decades.

Show threadKevin SicklesDec 26, 2022
@abbas @QasimRashid I have the same question. I understand the the rules but it seems the rules are being abused?
Show threadjposelDec 26, 2022
@abbas @QasimRashid the mere fact that not the entire world is persecuted for political reasons in their home country.
Show threadPreston de Guise 🏳️‍🌈✍🏼Dec 25, 2022
@QasimRashid @adrianco Sadly Australia has demonstrated far too effectively that there are often significant votes to be had in demonising asylum seekers on these exact grounds.
Show threadTom J BrennerDec 25, 2022

@QasimRashid

Your list,I stand to be corrected, I thought I've read this from,other places,is that not part of a UN agreement.The reason I'm asking those items are the same in Canada.

Show threadMichael idzeaDec 25, 2022
@QasimRashid Period!
Show threadChad WatsonDec 25, 2022
@QasimRashid Please explain to @GOP & every MAGA Judge out there that ignores rule of law in favor of their Taliban type religious fundamentalism.
Show threadWakeup ShakeupDec 25, 2022
@QasimRashid #Asylum is a #humanright. In my opinion even more legitimate than "normal immigration "
Show threadTonyRennerDec 25, 2022

@QasimRashid What the hell is wrong with Abbott?

https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/24/politics/migrants-dropped-off-vice-president-christmas-eve/index.html#cobssid=s

Show threadbadboyntxDec 26, 2022
@TonyRenner @QasimRashid
How much time do you have?
After he received his $$$$ payout for the tree that put him in his chair, he helped change the rules that would make it more difficult for similar victims to receive the same outcome
Show threadGrandpa DonDec 25, 2022
@QasimRashid
After the first reported busload that were dumpe on Martha's Vineyard ther was an outcry about trafficking, fraud, kidnapping. Then nothing. Reportedly this has been a steady stream since then. Where are the CR lawyers? Where are the class action suits? Where are the reporters? What bus companies are being used? Who are the drivers? Who are the CEOs?
#AssylumSeekerKidnapping
Show threadjoene 🏴Dec 25, 2022

@QasimRashid There is no legal or illegal immigration! All #migration is valid!

#NoBordersNoNations

Show threadSunyshore (ナギサシティ) 🌐🇹🇼🏳️‍⚧️Dec 26, 2022
@joenepraat @QasimRashid Unfortunately we don't live in that world, but I'd like the world (at least the United States) to get closer to the ideal of fully #OpenBorders and free #migration. We're a nation of immigrants; let's act like it! 🗽🌐
Show threadThePackManDec 25, 2022
@QasimRashid I want this tattooed on everyone’s forehead
Show threadTony thefathippyDec 25, 2022

@QasimRashid
We have the same arguments here in Australia, where seeking asylum is also legal.

In Australia, if you arrive by boat, you are an illegal, never able to settle here, although we'll happily detain you at enormous cost. The government even made ads.

Richer, often whiter asylum seekers arrive by plane. Planes cool, boats evil terrorists. 🤷‍♂️

Do not, under any circumstances, suggest racism might be involved*

*Racism is very much involved

Show threadRobertDec 25, 2022
@QasimRashid Makes sense.
Show threadLaurence WolfeDec 26, 2022
@QasimRashid & refugees are not migrants…
Show threadScenarioDec 26, 2022
@QasimRashid What’s legal or illegal makes no difference to Republicans.
Show threadDevoraDec 26, 2022
@QasimRashid Good explainer! Thanks for posting.
Show threadBrent TysonDec 26, 2022
@QasimRashid only if it’s granted.
Show threadOkayAtheistsDec 26, 2022
@QasimRashid 💯
Show threadThe Zan 🏳️‍🌈🇸🇪Dec 26, 2022
@QasimRashid back in the 1970’s (and later( when people were fleeing the Soviet Union to come to the USA, these folks entered similarly, except by air, at airports, or by boat. No VISAs. Seeking asylum. It was no different. (I remember, as a kid, my family helped to sponsor a couple from Bulgaria, who fled to the US…, I remember hearing the story of their escape and didn’t understand why they had to do it that way).
Show threadDan Berky "דן" ℞ MS 🇺🇲 🇩🇪 🇮🇱Dec 26, 2022
@QasimRashid The United States has a long and proud history of reneging on treaties and bilateral agreements. Since its inception. As the world's only superpower and having dictatorial control of the world's financial system, it can do so with absolute impunity
Show threadὙπατῐ́ᾱ du Bois-MarieDec 26, 2022
@QasimRashid I can see the flame, the same one as that of the torch on the statue of liberty, glowing in your eyes. People like you exemplify the very difference between a free nation such as yours and a fascist one such as mine. Thank you so much! Everyone deserves human rights!
Show threadὙπατῐ́ᾱ du Bois-MarieDec 26, 2022

@QasimRashid Also, your counterparts in the CCP occupation, the human rights attorneys who dare to speak up for their clients against injustice in the CCP's robber-stamping courts, are being detained, tortured, and sometimes secretly executed. Spread the word, help us! https://twitter.com/SpeechFreedomCN?t=Pvf78gg5fqi6qAqsPeoXlg&s=09

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