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aesc ([personal profile] aesc) wrote2008-09-23 12:03 am
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US Board of Immigration Appeals = FAIL

I don't usually post political, or even important, material here because I like to think of my LJ as being uninfluenced by outside, real-world sources other than my own insanity. Also, if you remember, I said I was going to post something that wasn't bitchy, whiny, or related to depression. Today, however, is not that day, because.

Oh my God. No words. NO WORDS. *froths with rage*

AG: Don't deport genital mutilation victim.

That someone in a theoretically enlightened and educated society could even think that a woman could be returned to a region or people practicing FGM "because her genitalia already had been mutilated [so] she had no basis to fear future persecution if returned to her home country," let alone say it in a formally issued legal document just... No. Again, no words! That the attorney general has to point out a basic failure of logic (not to mention ethics) to them boggles me. The good news is that Congress, for once, paid attention to letters like the one from Seton Hall Law School, and Mukasey seems to be pretty pissed off.

Still, seriously, what the fucking fuck is wrong with people?

*deploys SMITE icon*

[identity profile] clear-as-blood.livejournal.com 2008-09-23 04:52 am (UTC)(link)
q3t9wogsg3 I don't even know what to say. I'm glad the attorney general is fighting it though.

[identity profile] geeklite.livejournal.com 2008-09-23 05:17 am (UTC)(link)
o.0

[identity profile] elizabeth perry (from livejournal.com) 2008-09-23 11:46 am (UTC)(link)
WHAT. What what what what what.

[identity profile] leopardchic79.livejournal.com 2008-09-23 12:37 pm (UTC)(link)
theoretically enlightened and educated society

Apparently the key word is "theoretically." I have no words for this really...I'd rather just hit something!

[identity profile] rivrea.livejournal.com 2008-09-23 08:08 pm (UTC)(link)
My icon says more about this decision than 1,000 words...

[identity profile] aesc.livejournal.com 2008-09-24 01:28 am (UTC)(link)
The sad thing is, it shouldn't have to be fought because the decision is so completely insanely wrong-headed in the first place. a;sldkjdf;lkjdf!

[identity profile] aesc.livejournal.com 2008-09-24 01:29 am (UTC)(link)
I know! Apparently the original ruling was issued at the end of 2007, so the fact that I'm just hearing about this now is pretty sad. God, that poor woman.

[identity profile] aesc.livejournal.com 2008-09-24 01:29 am (UTC)(link)
I KNOW.

[identity profile] aesc.livejournal.com 2008-09-24 01:29 am (UTC)(link)
It would be much more satisfying than shouting "WTF? WTF????" at my computer.

[identity profile] aesc.livejournal.com 2008-09-24 01:30 am (UTC)(link)
SO APPROPRIATE.