Subj : The US's other border (no, not that one)
To   : Jeff Thiele
From : Lee Lofaso
Date : Tue Oct 11 2022 22:40:43

Hello Jeff,

 LL>> Why were they detained?

 JT> Because they were foreigners crossing over the US border without permission
 JT> in order to request asylum on US soil.

Innuit are indigenous peoples, not foreigners. As such, they need
no permission from anybody to request asylum on US soil.

 JT> They apparently entered Gambell, one of the two villages on St. Lawrence
 JT> Island, but it's not entirely clear how they got from that point to the
 JT> involvement of US immigration officials.

Innuit go back and forth between Alaska and Siberia all the time.
Usually by boat and paddle. But some of them are avid swimmers and
make it all the way across without any need for any boat. I could
be those two Innuit were taking a break on St. Lawrence Island and
some US immigration officials took notice.

 JT> My guess is that they openly requested asylum and someone got on the phone
 JT> (or radio) with someone else, and so forth, until it ended up the way that
 JT> it did.

Why would they have requested asylum when by treaty there was no need?

 LL>> They were Innuit. By treaty, Innuit can freely travel between Russia
 LL>> and the USA - without the need of a passport or paperwork of any kind.
 LL>> All thanks to Reagan and Gorbachev.

 JT> If so, then there would have been no need to request asylum.

It is not "if so" but a matter of record.

 JT> And yet, they did.

The news media merely assumed such a request was made.

For Life,
Lee

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