Robert ReichDec 28, 2022

Memo to the media:

Stop letting politicians get away with calling asylum seekers "illegal immigrants" or saying they're not coming to this country "the right way." Seeking asylum is legal. Presenting themselves at the border & requesting asylum is "the right way" to seek asylum.

Show threadKevin Sickles
@rbreich I agree with the point but isn't the asylum process being abused? Should the world be allowed in to the U.S. by claiming asylum?
Dec 28, 2022 at 9:32pmWeb
Show threadMz. April DanielsDec 28, 2022
@kevinsickles @rbreich It's not abuse to use a system as it is designed. Most of the United States is empty, undeveloped land. We have space, and we should welcome new Americans.
Show threadKevin SicklesDec 29, 2022
@MzAprilDaniels @rbreich so welcome all migrants and send them to BLM land?
Show threadMz. April DanielsDec 29, 2022
@kevinsickles @rbreich How come whenever folks like you hear that we have room to accept more people, you always have to imagine it in the stupidest, cruelest, most self-defeating way possible? You think we can go to the moon but we can't figure out how to house a bunch of desperate families? Why are you like that? What happened that made you so lacking in imagination and empathy?
Show threadMz. April DanielsDec 29, 2022
@kevinsickles or more succinctly, how come you're such a quitter?
Show threadKevin SicklesDec 29, 2022
@MzAprilDaniels how many migrants have you accepted in to your home?
Show threadMz. April DanielsDec 29, 2022
@kevinsickles Yeah, exactly like that. What is UP with that? You know we have hotels and empty apartments and housing vouchers are a thing, but you pretend that you don't so you can try and imagine that other people are hypocrites for not being as heartless as you. WTF went wrong in your childhood, dude?
Show thread⚜️SYM⚜️Dec 28, 2022
@kevinsickles @rbreich The asylum process has been handicapped by conservatives who don’t want any brown people entering the country.
Show threadDarren ChambersDec 28, 2022
@kevinsickles @rbreich sadly the truth is many are facing uncertain futures, be that through war, climate change or religious persecution (to mention a few), forcing people to move, its not really about abusing anything! allowing the likes of the right to dehumanise these people by using terms like illegal is wrong.
Show threadKevin SicklesDec 29, 2022
@darrenchambers1981 @rbreich So open the borders and let everyone in?
Show threadDaniel BrotherstonDec 28, 2022

@kevinsickles @rbreich Citation needed

The system isn't being abused...it's being USED....

Asylum seekers present at the border and request asylum. If they are found to qualify they are granted it, if they are not, they aren't granted asylum.

That isn't "abuse" it's "use".

Show threadKevin SicklesDec 29, 2022
@danbrotherston @rbreich An abuse of process is the unjustified or unreasonable use of legal proceedings or process to further a cause of action by an applicant or plaintiff in an action. It is a claim made by the respondent or defendant that the other party is misusing or perverting regularly issued court process (civil or criminal) not justified by the underlying legal action.
Show threadDaniel BrotherstonDec 29, 2022
@kevinsickles @rbreich Even if I accept your definition, what evidence do you have that is occurring?
Show threadJesse TovDec 29, 2022
@rbreich @danbrotherston @kevinsickles it feels like it’s happening so it must be happening
Show threadJustAnotherWizardDec 29, 2022
@kevinsickles @rbreich You're first going to have to explain how you think the system is being "abused".
Show threadKevin SicklesDec 29, 2022
@AaronPound @rbreich According to U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) data, 1,299,437 migrants were processed under Title 8 in fiscal 2022. Border states and blue cities are declaring states of emergency because they don't have the resources to manage these migrants. The courts have multiple year backlogs for these cases. 28 percent of affirmative asylum petitions completed in FY 2021 were approved,
Show threadKevin SicklesDec 29, 2022
@AaronPound @rbreich A quote from a 2019 marketwatch article. the numbers have grown significantly. "With the current backlog of more than 900,000 cases in immigration court, applicants usually wait years to have a hearing — with an average wait of 713 days. In the meantime, after 180 days, an asylum applicant is allowed to receive permission to work in the United States.Being allowed to jump the line and have legal employment is a big incentive, and that’s driving abuse of the asylum system"
Show threadJustAnotherWizardDec 29, 2022
@kevinsickles @rbreich That's not evidence that the system is being abused. That's evidence that the system is underfunded. Try again.
Show threadKevin SicklesDec 29, 2022
@AaronPound @rbreich The system is underfunded because it is being abused. Thank you for making my point
Show threadRandy, not an actual botDec 29, 2022

@kevinsickles @AaronPound @rbreich does having a job stop you from being deported in the 60+% of cases where asylum is denied? If not, what is the “line” being jumped?

“applying for something you might not get” is system abuse now? I didn’t realize college admission and company HR departments were so consistently abused!

Show threadLassielmrDec 29, 2022
@kevinsickles @rbreich no it’s not and the USA has few seeking asylum relative to population
Show threadGumbyFeb 18, 2023
@kevinsickles @rbreich If the process is being abused it is by right wing U.S. politicians. Other than that it is working as designed. It’s substantially the process the US has expected other nations to follow in dealing with refugees at least since 1951. We encouraged other nations to treat refugees with compassion in large part to give them a place to shelter without coming here.
Show threadFrost「｜｜霜の狼｜人面獣心」🐺❄️Mar 1, 2023

@kevinsickles @rbreich Honestly? Yes.

Fuck border gatekeeping.