Craig writes:
Dear Paul,
Good morning.
We just posted our latest podcast with templates and instructions on how to file comments. For those who find the comments too complicated, we urge them to send the White House and their Senators and Representative an email opposing the rules. Please also share this podcast with your friends and networks.
https://www.buzzsprout.com/1744949/12507523
As always, I welcome any critiques or comments.
Have a great weekend.
Thank you.
Craig
Rev. Craig B. Mousin
DePaul University
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As Craig says, the Biden Administration, along with GOP nativist politicos, and pandering righty Federal Judges, ignore the fundamental right guaranteed by the Refugee Act of 1980: Every person at the border or in the U.S., regardless of status, has a right to apply for asylum! Obviously, that includes a right to a fundamentally fair adjudication by a well-qualified, impartial adjudicator.
It’s not “rocket science!” Yet, Biden, Harris, Mayorkas, Garland, & Co. can’t wrap their heads around this fundamental truth! Disgracefully, after two years of screwing around and wasting time, resources, and squandering goodwill on futile and often illegal “deterrence,” they aren’t much closer to re-establishing a fair, functional asylum system at the borders than they were on Jan 20, 2021! Where’s the basic competence and “good government” that Biden/Harris promised when running for office?
The smug nativist-pandering politicos in the Biden Administration think that asylum applicants, the laws that protect them, and the advocates, like YOU, who defend them are “political chopped liver” — unimportant and completely expendable! It’s up to YOU to prove them wrong! Nobody else is going to do it!
While YOU are out there working for due process and social justice, they are huddled in their comfy offices secretly plotting the demise of YOUR clients and making YOUR job more difficult and frustrating. They are “wasting YOUR precious time!”
And, all the while, they have their hands out begging for YOUR financial support and counting on YOU — “chopped liver” — to ring doorbells, make phone calls, organize events, man the polls, and get out the vote! How totally arrogant and insulting! If YOU are tired of being treated as “chopped liver” and having your knowledge, expertise, and fundamental values ignored, YOU must do something about it!
🇺🇸 Due Process Forever!
PWS
03-26-23