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The vast majority of asylees are economic migrants, many of which use fraud to attempt to get status in their target countries (see BBC's investigation of asylum lawyers coaching asylees to claim they're gay and facing persecution back home).

According to international standard, asylees must stop and seek refuge in the first safe country. This first safe country is often next-door to where they came from, throwing cold water on their claims.

In the US, asylum seekers often cross through 10 safe countries before arriving in the US claiming they need asylum from a country thousands of miles and several countries in land border away.

The narrative of 'asylum' refuses to acknowledge these basic realities, to horrific effect.