The Asylum System Fails the Innocent in Favor of Criminals
<p>Our asylum laws protect villains while abandoning victims. The botched handling of Abdul Shokoor Ezedi makes this painfully clear. Ezedi, an Afghan national, stowed away illegally in 2016. Twice denied asylum, he secured status only after a 2018 conviction for sexual assault. Last week, this supposed asylum seeker freely roamed London to splash corrosive liquid on a mother and children.</p>
<p>Shocked? Surprised? Only the politically naïve could react so. The truth staring us down is that few immigrants, legal or not, face deportation despite crime and denied status. Legislation tying bureaucratic hands cares not at all for victims. Rapists and dealers from the Caribbean stay, thwarting Rwanda relocation schemes for new arrivals in Dover. Ezedi lingers after criminality and asylum denial.</p>
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