Subj : Re: Immigration then and
To   : Mike Powell
From : Jeff Thiele
Date : Tue Sep 06 2022 17:55:25

On 06 Sep 2022, Mike Powell said the following...
 MP> If they don't cross at a legal checkpoint to make sure they encounter
 MP> authorities to surrender to, they are not refugees.  They only claim to
 MP> be as part of pretending to turn themselves in when getting caught.

I see. And that's why they don't even try to cross the wall, but know that
they will be picked up on surveillance and that Border Patrol agents will
come to them, escort them through the wall, load them onto buses, and take
them to detention centers?

 MP> That is not naive.

Do you have evidence that "they only claim to be [refugees] as part of
pretending to turn themselves in when getting caught?"

 MP> >  MP> >  MP> Apparently many of the legal ones do not have sponsors or jo
 MP> >  MP> >  MP> lined up.
 MP> >  MP> > There are organizations that will sponsor them.
 MP> >  MP> In past, you told us they had to have sponsors lined up already.  W
 MP> >  MP> is it? 
 MP> Not how you used to tell it when arguing with Aaron or Gregory.  Thanks
 MP> for clarifying that.

Sponsors are available for them.

Jeff.

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