>>>>> "ms" == mike skoglund <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
ms> I am really confused about this.
ms> See, this is what I don't get -- he had already been granted
ms> asylum by CANADA in 1991, so apparently he'd already been out
ms> of danger for seven years when he made these misstatements on
ms> his U.S. Immigration papers. If he'd already been granted
ms> asylum in a safe place, why would he lie? So he could attend
ms> college in Memphis? Or was something threatening his Canadian
ms> status? I'm having a hard time connecting the dots.
OK, the following is from Omar's lawyer, so take it with a grain of
salt. He alleges that the form that is given out by the Immigration
Service is VERY confusing and hard to fill out correctly. Having
tried to fill out a 1040 once myself, I find this easy to believe.
Even with the best of intentions, I was left with a queasy feeling
that I might be answering wrong so I tossed in the towel, and paid
someone else to do it for me, since I didn't want to be looking at
jail time!
There are certainly government forms that I find hard to understand
and fill out, and I was born here!
The lawyer also claimed that "asylum" is not a word that is used by
the Canadian government:
"Erlinder pointed to terminology confusion: In 1991, when Jamal was
16, he was granted 'convention refugee' status in Canada, and the 1998
questions asked about `asylum,' which Canada doesn't grant."
http://www.startribune.com/stories/462/5176421.html
I don't claim to understand the issues well, myself, nor do I even
know the details of the charges, so I may be talking through my hat.
Best,
R
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Robert P. Goldman
ECCO
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