Borderland: Reasonable Fear

On the southern border, there is a legal concept known as "reasonable fear." If an asylum officer determines that a migrant has a "reasonable fear of persecution or torture" if returned to t... Read allOn the southern border, there is a legal concept known as "reasonable fear." If an asylum officer determines that a migrant has a "reasonable fear of persecution or torture" if returned to their home country, then removal procedures can be delayed. And, in the current border cris... Read allOn the southern border, there is a legal concept known as "reasonable fear." If an asylum officer determines that a migrant has a "reasonable fear of persecution or torture" if returned to their home country, then removal procedures can be delayed. And, in the current border crisis, there's been no greater source of "reasonable fear" cases than the Mexican drug cartel... Read all