Subj : Re: Immigration then and
To   : JEFF THIELE
From : Mike Powell
Date : Mon Sep 05 2022 10:09:00

>  MP> But not all of
>  MP> them cross at legal crossings, and not all of those that don't get
>  MP> caught.

> True. But the refugees who cross seeking asylum generally turn themselves in
> at the first opportunity. Their situation makes them seek out the authorities
> rather than avoid them. They are doing things the legal way.

> A big part of the anti-refugee propaganda is making them out to be illegal
> immigrants, which they are not.

For me it is the ease of being able to yell "asylum!" and suddenly be
considered legal or potentially legal.  If they really wanted asylum, they
should have crossed at a legal checkpoint.  If they are not, they are
hoping not to encounter someone, although I am certain they know to act as
if they were looking for that encounter all along should it happen.

Maybe you are that naive.

>  MP> Apparently many of the legal ones do not have sponsors or jobs
>  MP> lined up.

> There are organizations that will sponsor them.

In past, you told us they had to have sponsors lined up already.  Which is
it?

>  MP> Otherwise, the government would have turned them over to said
>  MP> sponsors before the local governors got a chance to ask them if they
>  MP> want to travel to NYC, Chicago, DC, or another proclaimed "sanctuary
>  MP> city" and put them on a bus.

> Organizations that will sponsor them are usually located in larger cities.

> I like how you threw "sanctuary city" in there. "Sanctuary cities" are
> distinguished by their treatment of illegal immigrants, not refugees. You've
> been brainwashed into thinking that refugees are illegal immigrants, when
> they are not.

But there are no illegal immigrants that don't get turned away, right?

> The Border Patrol also makes that distinction, and regularly deports illegal
> immigrants.


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