Court of Appeals: Are pretty, single, Albanian women persecuted?
Posted by Ann Corcoran on September 29, 2012
And, should they then be granted asylum in the US?
Immigration lawyers have been working overtime to expand the definition of “asylum.” Earlier this month we told you about expanding the definition to include women who were the victims of domestic violence anywhere in the world, now its pretty women!
Here is the story from Seattle PI:
NEW YORK (AP) — They were two young women living alone and in fear in Albania, where they say they were ripe targets for sex traffickers notorious for kidnapping their victims and forcing them into prostitution in other countries.
Both fled to the United States, and now appeals courts in Chicago and New York are confronting a vexing question about their fate: Should their claim that all young single women living alone in Albania face persecution qualify them for asylum?
So far their answer is no.
But, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals is considering one of the cases.
To win asylum in the United States, someone who has fled another country must establish a well-founded fear of persecution based on religion, race, nationality, political opinion or membership in a particular social group. Appropriately defining a social group is where the Albanian women have fallen short in the courts’ eyes.
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Although fewer than 10,000 asylum applications were granted from 1990 through 1993, they have ranged between 20,000 and 30,000 in the last decade, with about 25,000 being granted in 2011. The number of Albanian applicants granted asylum has fallen from 894 in 2002 to 156 in 2012.
By the way, a large number of asylum seekers actually come into the US illegally (as one woman cited in this story did) or overstay a visa and then come up with some reason to ask for asylum. An abundant supply of US immigration lawyers are waiting to help them with their claims.
Once granted asylum, these new immigrants get all the benefits (welfare goodies) available to refugees.
2 Responses to “Court of Appeals: Are pretty, single, Albanian women persecuted?”
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freshideaguy said
Albania is 70% Muslim, and another typical example of the turmoil existing in similarly possessed countries around the world. The outreached hands of thousands of American immigration lawyers eagerly sign up any and all they can contact, (it’s money after all), and a great deal of the funds are provided by the American taxpayer.
This country is on the edge financially, every budget item iincreases the deficit, and that category is financed by the Chinese. (A case can be made that one-third of the President’s salary is provided by those benevolent folks). But that is a topic for later discussion.
As humans flee their homes for one reason or another, and claim extreme stress and duress, they inevitably head for the USA.
They have been tutored in most cases and know the extent of the goodies that they can expect when they reach our shores.
As long as they continue to leave they only perpetuate the problems presented by the Islam/Sharia insanity that is spreading, not shrinking, as we speak. And it is gaining forced “popularity” here in the USA, supported by the actions and rhetoric of our Muslim-leaning President, “The USA is not a Christian country”.
For heavens sake, stay and fight these forces in your own country, don’t run away to the USA.
Are you listening, Mexico?
ntawangwanabose celestin said
Rwandese refugees are really excluded to go in Canada? I have my cousin suffering in Kenya and haerd that Rwandese refugee can not get the chance to go in Canada.
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