4.QUESTIONS ASKED OR IMPLIED:  JULY 2021 at the Arlington Asylum Office of an activist from the DRC [July 2021]what is your name, according to rules in the United States?who helped you do the I-589? how did you meet that person? how did he help you? what was the process for writing your written statement? did just one person help you? was it read back to you in your native language?

did you read Form I-589 before mailing it in?

It contains lots of errors; you were too busy to make corrections at that time; so now you are going to waste my time [and your own time] and make the corrections now?

  -this is a dull task; but you are making me do it? So, I am a little annoyed at you, right now?

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Does your I-589 contain all of the threats and harm you suffered?

   -a trick question: of course, it does not. But if you say it does not, the officer will ask why it doesn’t. If you say, yes it does contain all the threats and harm,  you are limiting yourself. Perhaps answer as follows: “

did you suffer any threats, not in the I-589? 

did you suffer any harm, not in the I-589?

  [why did the officer ask this question twice? to trick or trap you? YES]

what is your complete immigration history?

    let’s start back in your country, when you applied for a visa: 

     Who answered the questions on the visa application? you? someone else?

       you forgot what the questions were? you have not read it, recently? But the asylum officer read it yesterday? So, he knows more about you, than you do?

  DS-160 is available in French? DS-160 asks if you have ever been arrested? and you answered no? you lied on the Visa application? The officer thinks you lied? So, if you lied on that, perhaps you lied on another application, I-589?

Give me your original passport, so I can hold it in my hand.

I want to know about every stamp in it. I believe the passport knows more about you, than you do.  And by the way, you agree with that, don’t you? You can’t remember all of your travels, but the passport knows?

   You applied for a visa to France ten years ago, and you were denied? Why?

Let’s see if you can repeat everything on Form I-589, without looking at it.

If your oral statements today, disagree with what you wrote, then we will spend several minutes on that. I will ask you: “why are there errors in the 589? you told me there were no errors in it; but there are?  So, instead of talking about your being tortured in prison, and being threatened, we will talk about your addresses and travel from six years ago.

 STILL MORE QUESTIONS OF THE DRC ACTIVIST

3.And, after you make me do the dull task of forcing you to tell me your history, I will be tired and annoyed. When we finally get to your torture in prison, I will be tired, and not so interested.

You departed from your country in June 2016? for each of the sixty months before that, where did you sleep at night? where did you work?what was your last address in your country? this means, where did you sleep at night, not where you received mail.= = =

Tell me all of your international travel. Tell me your employment history, for the past 15 years.

    Why is the info on the visa application different? why did you say on that application that no one helped you? do you even know the visa application process? If you don’t know, why do you pretend that you do?

Have you noticed, by the way, that we have now spent 60 minutes on your history, and zero minutes on torture in prison? Are you getting tired? I am more tired than you are aren’t I?

To get your visa, they asked you oral questions, face-to-face? And also, they asked you written questions, which you or someone else answered? 

In your visa application, in writing, it says you worked for the Sinther Company?

 Why does it say that? If you have not read your application in the last five years, but I read it yesterday, I have an advantage?

   can you get a copy of your visa application using a FOIA request sent to the Department of State?

your father knows you were in prison? so, how come he did not write a letter of support for you?

Tell me in one sentence: why did you apply for asylum?

Did you suffer any physical harm? tell me!

Were you ever threatened?

when you suffered physical harm, when he was hitting you, did he also threaten you?

where were you, at the moment of your arrest?how many other people were with you why were you protesting? were people chanting things? like what? what happened, the day or week before, that triggered the protest? did anyone see you get arrested? why didn’t that person write a letter of support?

were there protests before, and also after, elections? why?

What words did the officer say to you?

 MORE QUESTIONS ASKED OF DRC ACTIVIST 

2.what weapons did he have? where on your body, did he hit you?

The police took you where? what happened upon arrival?

what kind of uniforms did they wear

how were you transported from the place of arrest to the building?

were you harmed before arrival at the building?

you were detained how long

what happened on the day of your release? what did the guard say to you?

After that, when was the next time you were harmed?

did you do any political activities in the last ten years?were you a member of any groups?how did people know how and when to show up for a protest?

Mr. Smith invited you to join the party? how did you meet him? what did he tell you?

what was the process, for you to join the party?

Tell me all of your international travel!

What does each stamp in your passport mean? does your passport know more about your travels than you do?

did you ever depart, and then return, to your country that you say is “dangerous”?

Did you even read the letters of support you gave to me? Do they have inconsistencies?

WHY DID YOU GIVE ME EVIDENCE TO CONTRADICT YOURSELF?

Can you read your own documents? do I, the officer, know more about your documents than you do? Is that embarrassing? [Do I think you are stupid? YES]

Are you guessing? Are you embarrassed to say “I don’t know”?

At the moment of your arrest, where were you? what did you see? what did you hear? what did you feel?

   I was inside my living room; I saw two officers; they were shouting; my legs hurt when they hit me with batons

They took you where? how did you get there?

upon arrival, what kind of room did they put you in? who else was there?

how long were you detained?

what thoughts went through your mind on the evening of the first day?

What happened on the day of your release?where did you go next? how did you get there?what happened at the hospital? did they do any tests? did they put bandages on? what was your health condition the hour before your arrived at the hospital? how long at the hospital? what was your condition upon release? WHY ARE THE HOSPITAL RECORDS IN FRONT OF ME? DID YOU EVEN TRY TO GET THE RECORDS? DID YOU SPEND AS LONG AS 15 MINUTES, BEGGING YOUR MOTHER?

how did your family know where you were?

QUESTIONS ASKED OF A DRC ACTIVIST

 why not flee immediately from this terrible country? what did you do the last 30 days in your country?where did you sleep? why weren’t you arrested? any problems as you departed from your country at the airport? they were happy to see you go? they did not care what you did?if no arrest as you departed from the airport, why would you be arrested upon return?

let’s look at your passport again. Please explain every stamp.

Why did France deny you a visa?

is there anything else?

do the police know the address of your parents?

If you return, what would happen to you?

Why would the government want to harm you now, several years after you departed?

Your government has forgotten about you?

Have you done anything here in USA to bring yourself to the attention of your government?

Did you join any groups here in USA? why not?

Your original application was written in English, but you can’t read English?

so, the officer, who can read English, will know much more about your application than you will?

Your application says “I was taken from my apartment to a dark room.” But today, you told me you were taken from the apartment, to a big office, and then to a dark room?

your government is still angry at you? 

Felix Tshi...is the head of the DRC? Kabila is no longer important?

You are a member of the UDPS? in 2021, did other members of the UDPS suffer harm?

Why would you suffer harm?

Members of your own family live there, and have not been harmed? so, why not go live with them?

Who would target you? a specific person? a group?

Are there any other reasons you would suffer harm?

ever been offered legal status in another country?

ever get weapons training?

were you ever a member of any group? is that group a “terrorist organization”?

did you ever give MATERAL SUPPORT to a Terror organization?  {“TO”]

-did you ever help a TO?   even under duress, ever give assistance to a TO?

even under duress, ever give MATERIAL SUPPORT to a TO?

do you have any questions for me?

More questions to the Christian from Syria:
  what is a "rebel"? what does "unrest" mean? 
what does "imputed" opinion mean?
did your grandparents suffer any physical harm?
any emotional harm? any economic harm?
why can't they move to another part of the country and be safe there?
did a member of your family voluntarily return to this country, that you say is "dangerous"?
   If someone voluntarily goes somewhere, isn't that evidence that the place is not dangerous?
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did you have any trouble departing from your country? from entering it?
did you give money to anyone, even if under duress?
did you give money, even one dollar, to the bad guys, at a checkpoint?
Did anything else happen in your country last year? this year?
If  you return, what would happen?
Who would harm you, and why?
would anyone arrest you at the airport?
how would the bad guys know you had returned to the country?
How would they know what your religion was?
What efforts does the government do, to punish the bad guys?
You say you were a religious person in your old country?
    are you religious in this country?
do you know of a similarly-situated person who recently suffered harm in your country?
Is there anything else?
is there anyone here in the USA, such as your employer, who wants you to stay, and who wrote a letter of suppport for you?
you do not know your own ethnic group?
you do not know what kind of Christian you are?
what is "material support"?  did you give even one dollar to a rebel or to a bad guy?
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what lies did  you tell to get your visitor's visa?

Questions asked of a Christian from Syria:
   show me your passport! Give me a copy of each page of each passport you have ever had!
how was I-589 prepared? you wrote several pages; gave to your lawyer; he made it shorter; he said to talk about harm, because of a special reason, such as political opinion?
-your lawyer read your statement back to you in a language you understand?
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how did you get your passport? ask for it, face-to-face? or, did your agent get it for you, after paying bribes?
Let's see if you can repeat page one of I-589 without looking at it
Let's see if  you can repeat page four of I-589 without looking at it
What was your last address, before coming to USA?
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Where did  you sleep, each night, for the past 60 months? \
First you lived in Alexandria, then you lived in Arlington?
You want to talk about exremists who commit murder, but I want to talk about addresses in the USA.
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Can you get legal status in some other country? did you live somewhere else for a long time? Through your mother, can you get legal status in her country?
Let's talk about each family member. You say that because you are a Christian, you would suffer great harm if  you return?
Isn't your father a Christian, who lives in your country? how come he is not dead? how come no one has hurt him? if no one has hurt him, go live with him; then you  will be safe, correct?
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why are you applying for asylum?
whom do you fear, and why?
are you really a Christian? what documents do you have that show this?
are you a member of a church in USA? were you a member of church in your country?
certificate of baptism? is there a government I.D. that says you are a Christian?
Where are the original documents?
how would anyone know  you are a Christain? by your name? by where you live?
by reputation?
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 where you harmed physically in your country?
were any members of your family harmed physically?
did you suffer emotional harm? did a member of your family suffer emotional harm?
Who are the bad guys?   the government, or non-government? why they want to hurt you?
Did the government make any effort to arrest or punish the bad guys?
did someone make a police report?
what religion are the police? is it a waste of time to report to the police?
Does the government agree with the bad guys? It is OK to kill Christians?
You departed from your country and went to Jordan? you were safe in Jordan? and then you voluntarily returned to the country that you say is dangerous? RTDC?
What does RTDC stand for?
I like color photos!
You traveled to Mexico? why not seek asylum there?
Did any other similarly-situated persons suffer harm last year? this year?