Wednesday, August 11, 2010

pro-American from Iraq

The Asylum officer asked these questions of the wife of a high-ranking Army officer:
1. can you repeat your answers to page One of Form I-589? i.e. when did you last leave your country? when did you last enter USA? what is your tribal or ethnic group?
2. are there errors on page 4 of Form I-589? why is that?
3. if there are errors and confusions on page One and on page 4, then the Asylum Officer will get tired and bored with your case, before you get to the good parts?
So, you should try really hard to make page 1 and 4 perfect?
4. after your application was prepared,did someone read it back to you, in your language?
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5. You say your husband was helping the US Army? how did the people in your neighborhood find out about that?
6. You lived on 42nd Street? does everyone on that street know what everyone else is doing? it is like a "small town" here in USA?
7. you say your husband went to the city of Kirkuk? how did the people in your neighborhood find out about that?
8. what is your religion? how did people find out that was your religion?
9. are some names obviously "Sunni"? if X is his name, then most likely he is a Sunni?
10. are some names obviously Shia? like what?
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11. you were born in Iraq, and now you live in USA? what other countries have you traveled to, and can you live there now? why didn't you apply for asylum at the other countries?
12. in June 2008, in Baghdad, the man wearing a scarf over his face, hit you? why?
did you go to hospital? where are the hospital records? did you even try to get the hospital records?
13. what did the man say? what else did he say?
14. you say it happened in June? but does your Declaration say it was in July?
you were too busy to read your own declaration?
15. where is the original of the police report? how did you get this copy? thru a computer? through the mail? where is the envelope? who sent it to you?
16. when did you talk to the police? what did they say to you?
17. when was your visa issued by the US Embassy?
18. what would happen if you return to Iraq?
19. you say Baghdad is dangerous; OK, so why don't you go live in another city? aren't there many cities and many areas where it is safe?
20. is there anything else? what?
21. OK, is there anything else? what is your favorite exhibit?

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