It sure looks like a deliberate cover-up by both the media and the feds. Somebody should know what the right number is, hmm? I once emailed the California prison system to settle a dispute that broke out on KGO radio SF regarding how many aliens were in the Calif system after Sheriff Lee Baca in LA was quoted as saying there were 400 homicide suspects in LA county alone who were assumed to have fled to Mexico. Bureau officials said over 20K Mexicans were in Calif prisons but this was based on what amount to an honor system for felons–on entry they were asked “where are you from” and whatever they said was then reported in the statistics.

Fristsetzungsantrag in der Sache Jad ALHALABI, Zl. 14478601-001

Good day to you. this my case and evidence .

My name is Jad Albair Alhalabi,I am currently seeking asylum in Austria, but the Austria government is following the human rights and justice and they are correct but I can prove it through my documents that they are not.

Before three years ago I asked for a right refuge in Austria, and I waited for more than two years and half for the answer.

At the end the authorities in Austrian told me that I had negative answer in my case, at that time the Austrian authorities closed my case and I became hopeless for that, I decided to go to Sweden to ask for new right refugee, after three months later when I was in Sweden they told me that the Austrian authorities ask to bring me back to Austrian (for what? I do not know).

I arrived to Vienna airport at 21/03/2014. I surprised the policemen in the air port shouted on me, attacked me, hit me and took me to prison,

And I am not safe here in Austria ?

The Jordanian government kill me in in quick time and the policeman was beating me and the reason he asked for my rights there(I declare the Gospel) , but the Austrian government kill me in a very slow long time and so-called political persecution to humans as a refugee, but the Austrian government stole my money under the cover of human rights and I have evidence of this in the papers.
where to run to take (the International Protection) ?!!!!!!, please give me Answer ?

Please check the attachments for my case and evidence.
Thank you very much for taking your time.

And for you all respect and thanks

Jad alhalabi

My sense is that many of them are motivated by fear of violence. One piece of evidence for this is that people from more violent countries (Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador) are coming at a higher rate than people from less violent countries (Nicaragua, Belize). The counter argument to this is that there are smaller communities of Nicaraguans and Belizians (Belize-ites?) in the US, so fewer are coming for reunification. Also, there are a couple recent reports that support the idea that violence is the main push factor. That said, it is very distressing that many legitimate asylum seekers (including many of my clients) are stuck in endless limbo, separated from family members and unable to move forward with their lives.

I am not counting on it, though we are both from Philly, so you’d think she’d help a brother out.

Hi Patti – I agree with you that many lawyers are less-than ethical (I’ve written about that a number of times too). I am not sure I agree with you about the current influx and whether they are mostly economic refugees (check out this op ed: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/13/opinion/sunday/a-refugee-crisis-not-an-immigration-crisis.html?_r=0). I think many of these young people are fleeing violence. The problem is that most will not qualify for asylum due to a lack of nexus, not due to a fear of harm.