Birdwatch Note Rating
2024-02-24 05:25:19 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 72ACE73EAAB6F04F718FF8AA690300DF45D5C9A7E3F7077F49DBB8530DF6B7F7
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Original Note:
Misleading/incorrect: Per longstanding federal law, if they are claiming asylum they *are not* an "illegal immigrant" by definition: https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid%3AUSC-prelim-title8-section1101&num=0&edition=prelim https://www.uscis.gov/humanitarian/refugees-and-asylum/asylum https://www.uscis.gov/humanitarian/refugees-and-asylum/asylum/fact-sheet-implementation-of-the-credible-fear-and-asylum-processing-interim-final-rule https://www.uscis.gov/humanitarian/refugees-and-asylum/asylum/obtaining-asylum-in-the-united-states (Int'l law also requires countries to allow persecuted peoples--such as a gay person in Mauritania, see below--to seek asylum: https://www.americanbar.org/news/abanews/publications/youraba/2019/may-2019/aba-legal-fact-check--an-exploration-of-asylum-legalities-amid-c/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Mauritania)
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