The article conflicts with what you are saying T.L.
I will go by the 'wrong label' as thats what I interpret from the info based on the report by the Lawyers Committee for Human Rights. I would assume that a group with a name like that are experts on asylum issues. That and you have provided nothing along the lines of substanial fact to inspire me to change my perception that this is wrong.
She'll be out soon? How do you define soon? Sure the governmet has the right to appeal it, but why not let her out in the process? Why not put her in the custody of some capable stable American Buddists who can teach her english and provided her with human companionship and insure she wont flee until the appeals process has been fufilled?
Sonam's current situation is wrong, very wrong.
What is really the B.S. here?
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By law, the Department of Homeland Security detains all asylum seekers who arrive without proper documents. But since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, federal immigration officials have also been denying parole to these immigrants and appealing rulings in their favor, a practice that can keep them locked up for years, according to the report, which monitored the department's activities for a year and details scores of cases, including Sonam's.
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Even after asylum seekers such as Sonam have convinced immigration judges that they are bona fide and pose no threat, Homeland Security lawyers continue to press appeals in many cases, the Lawyers Committee report says.
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