Comments on: Dear Jill Stein and “Abandon Harris” Voters: My Asylum-Seeker Clients Need Your Help https://www.asylumist.com/2024/10/16/dear-jill-stein-and-abandon-harris-voters-my-asylum-seeker-clients-need-your-help/ Asylum and Its Discontents in the United States Mon, 11 Nov 2024 18:30:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Jason Dzubow https://www.asylumist.com/2024/10/16/dear-jill-stein-and-abandon-harris-voters-my-asylum-seeker-clients-need-your-help/comment-page-1/#comment-171180 Mon, 11 Nov 2024 18:30:00 +0000 https://www.asylumist.com/?p=11485#comment-171180 In reply to Jose.

What I think is that even if all the Jill Stein and Abandon Harris voters had voted for Harris, it would not have changed the result. Maybe it would have helped in MI, but it would not have helped in PA, NC, AZ or many other states. And the people who will suffer most from Trump’s victory are likely to be Palestinians, and after them, Muslims in the US. So if that is a way to teach the Democrats a lesson, there is going to be a lot of collateral damage to the people you purport to be supporting. Take care, Jason

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By: Jose https://www.asylumist.com/2024/10/16/dear-jill-stein-and-abandon-harris-voters-my-asylum-seeker-clients-need-your-help/comment-page-1/#comment-171172 Mon, 11 Nov 2024 16:54:15 +0000 https://www.asylumist.com/?p=11485#comment-171172 In reply to Jason Dzubow.

Prior to this election democrats were only scared of aipac and pro zionist lobby groups because democrats thought only zionist lobby groups are the ones who can punish them in elections so they better listen to them and follow their commands bit by bit which is why democrats were accepting the playbook of a genocide. This election was historic in many senses, one of which is that democrats were taught such a hard lesson that even Muslims and Arabs and people of minority (the ones that these democrats always undermined and down played) also have a punishing power. Its good, next time these politicians approve to send weapon to a genocidal regime and these minority groups ask not to do so the politicians better listen or lose an election in a shameful way. Trump’s victory was not a coincidental, rather the Genocide in Gaza led Trump to a glory and victory. Now what Trump does with Gazans and this war is a separate story, we know that even he is the one who operates the playbooks of zionists, but at least the ruling party who enabled a genocide was taken down and that by itself can be considered a sigh of victory and solace for Americans who were emotionally tortured by this genocide in last 13 months.

If you are telling me that Arabs and Muslims are too small to change the fate of an election then it is not true, because while they are small they did reach out to other people of conscious and asked them to abandon Harris. And minorities are mostly stationed in these swing states and Trump won them all including Michigan which is filled with Arabs and Muslims and this is never a coincident This is historic, Arabs, Muslims and minority groups registered themselves as a forceful force in US election that should never been down played in future elections.

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By: Jason Dzubow https://www.asylumist.com/2024/10/16/dear-jill-stein-and-abandon-harris-voters-my-asylum-seeker-clients-need-your-help/comment-page-1/#comment-171067 Fri, 08 Nov 2024 22:19:53 +0000 https://www.asylumist.com/?p=11485#comment-171067 In reply to Jose.

I don’t think the Democrats will take that lesson. Had Harris been more pro-Palestinian, she would have lost votes from people who are pro-Israel. I do think the Abandon Harris people wanted to punish Harris for her Administration’s actions, but the problem is, to do that, they also had to punish Palestinians and many people in the US, especially Muslims. In the end, I think Jill Stein and her supporters did not make a difference in this election, and even if every vote for Stein went to Harris, it would not have changed the result. Take care, Jason

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By: Jose https://www.asylumist.com/2024/10/16/dear-jill-stein-and-abandon-harris-voters-my-asylum-seeker-clients-need-your-help/comment-page-1/#comment-171053 Fri, 08 Nov 2024 14:44:56 +0000 https://www.asylumist.com/?p=11485#comment-171053 Hi Jason,

Thanks for taking time and writing this article. As we all witnessed this was the most difficult election that we had ever experienced in the history of this country. In an election as tight as this one in which the stakes were too high every single vote was crucial. Honestly, I spoke with alot of people who were considering to vote Jill Stein and most people said Trump is bad and there is no doubt about it but Harris is not lesser evil either, they were basically saying that lesser evil is indeed evil. So in this election voters were put in to a very difficult situation. I think it is better if we put ourselves in to the shoes of people who decided to abandon Harris. They were asked to make a choice between voting for a regime that enabled and funded a genocide or voting for a person who threatens to erode the democracy and eliminate minorities from this country. I think for these #abandonharris voters this wasn’t an easy choice. How could they ignore the scenes of babies blown up by US made weapons in Gaza, how could they ignore the cries of internally displaced Palestinians who were burnt alive in their make shift tents by US made bombs dropped on them by Israeli army. I think all these abandonharris voters who either chose to vote Jill Stein or Trump knew the gravity of the situation and the consequences of their decision, but they just simply couldn’t erase those horrific scenes of murder and carnage in Gaza from their minds. So they must have known very well that Jill Stein have less then 0.001% chance to win an election like this but they just wanted to bank their votes there just so democrats and Harris don’t think that these people are so scared of Trump that even if we commit a genocide they won’t punish us. So I think these voters wanted to send a clear message that these minority groups who are always looked down upon possess same punishing power in elections as the pro-Israel lobby groups. Just as the pro-Israel lobby group can punish these people can also punish. I know the result of this election is not idea but at least democrats will go back to the drawing board and recalculate within themselves and take a learning lesson that a Genocide is costly after all and next time think 10 times before funding a genocide in the future. Democratic party who lost this election in such a big landslide is responsible for their own downfall.

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By: Jason Dzubow https://www.asylumist.com/2024/10/16/dear-jill-stein-and-abandon-harris-voters-my-asylum-seeker-clients-need-your-help/comment-page-1/#comment-170754 Wed, 23 Oct 2024 20:37:03 +0000 https://www.asylumist.com/?p=11485#comment-170754 In reply to Tina.

If a person wins asylum, the J-1 two-year home residency requirement disappears. And so if you file for asylum and win, you will not need a J-1 waiver. Of course, you can do both and if the waiver is granted, you can try to get status on some other basis (family petition, employment, etc). Take care, Jason

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By: FRENCH https://www.asylumist.com/2024/10/16/dear-jill-stein-and-abandon-harris-voters-my-asylum-seeker-clients-need-your-help/comment-page-1/#comment-170753 Wed, 23 Oct 2024 20:06:41 +0000 https://www.asylumist.com/?p=11485#comment-170753 In reply to Tina.

Tina,
If you filed for asylum and your petition got approved, then the home residency requirement on your J1 visa no longer prevent you from adjusting your status. Please also allow Jason to respond to this. Thank you.

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By: Tina https://www.asylumist.com/2024/10/16/dear-jill-stein-and-abandon-harris-voters-my-asylum-seeker-clients-need-your-help/comment-page-1/#comment-170750 Wed, 23 Oct 2024 12:13:00 +0000 https://www.asylumist.com/?p=11485#comment-170750 My name is Tina.
I was facing persecution due to the ongoing crisis in the North West and South West Region of Cameroon. Fortunately, I got accepted for an exchange program and I am currently on a J-1 Visa in the US, which expires on November 24th.
I writing to inquire what it would take to get a waiver from the 2 years home residency requirement attached to my visa, in the case where I file for asylum.

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By: Jason Dzubow https://www.asylumist.com/2024/10/16/dear-jill-stein-and-abandon-harris-voters-my-asylum-seeker-clients-need-your-help/comment-page-1/#comment-170740 Tue, 22 Oct 2024 23:59:22 +0000 https://www.asylumist.com/?p=11485#comment-170740 In reply to Fear of Election.

That message sounds to me like you did not enter the info quickly enough into the USCIS web page, or maybe the web page is not working properly. If the case is outside normal processing times, you can also make an inquiry with the USCIS Ombudsman – they sometimes help with delayed cases and you can find them if you follow the link under Resources called USCIS Ombudsman. Take care, Jason

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By: Fear of Election https://www.asylumist.com/2024/10/16/dear-jill-stein-and-abandon-harris-voters-my-asylum-seeker-clients-need-your-help/comment-page-1/#comment-170739 Tue, 22 Oct 2024 23:02:23 +0000 https://www.asylumist.com/?p=11485#comment-170739 We do live tough days in this county. After going through this long wait, here we go facing another very challenging time as we have to deal with election anxiety. I have been so depressed as elections are around the corner as well as the long wait of my AOS application. By the way Jason, whenever I try to submit a case inquiry for outside processing time for my pending AOS application as well as for my all family, I keep getting the same message as “Time out for inactivity” What would this mean? Does it mean that the cases were already resolved or something? If yes, why didn’t USCIS issue a decision then?

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By: Mike https://www.asylumist.com/2024/10/16/dear-jill-stein-and-abandon-harris-voters-my-asylum-seeker-clients-need-your-help/comment-page-1/#comment-170726 Mon, 21 Oct 2024 19:07:01 +0000 https://www.asylumist.com/?p=11485#comment-170726 In reply to Dounya.

I bought a house in 2021 while my case was pending. The lender asked EAD though

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