Well aware. But I'm not the one quibbling like the response you, Captain Quibbler, have chosen to run with.
One can claim refugee status, which is different than claiming asylum. Interesting you brought this up.....I suppose your quibbling nature makes you do this.
If the "invasion force" of people is making the claim they want refugee status, I suppose you are correct in that they have to apply outside the U.S., but that's not what they're doing. They want to apply for asylum. That's been stated as their purpose all along, so I tend to look at rules/laws governing what they want to do, not what a quibbler wants to turn them into to win an argument.
They want to apply for asylum, period. They have to get to a U.S. entry point to apply. Period. No other discussion involved.
Asylum status and refugee status are two distinct and separate things, but you know that. And yet you quibble and try to assign them what you feel they are trying to do despite what they are claiming to want to do.
P.S. Applying for asylum gets them to the U.S. and essentially codifies their refugee status, as your link showed:
Asylum status is a form of protection available to people who:
- Meet the definition of refugee
- Are already in the United States
- Are seeking admission at a port of entry
And that's why these people do this, like Cuban exiles, etc. They'd rather take their chances under asylum vs. almost automatically be denied refugee status by this administration. I suppose no one thought the Trump administration would break the law on immigration to deny them the ability to apply for asylum. After all, the law states their claim must be accepted for asylum while applying for refugee status can take infinity these days.
So, not only a quibbler but dishonest. Figures.