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 Posted: Fri 22:31, 02 Aug 2013 Post subject: For Asian Undocumented Immigrants, a Life of Secre |
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| correct the asylum seeker's story if it's different from what had been previously crafted. "Persecuted" Christians occasionally sign up for crash courses in religion and can even obtain baptism documents for a fee. But authorities are getting wise to false asylum claims. Last December, in one of the largest roundups of its kind, 26 people, including six lawyers, were arrested in an FBI raid in New York City for inventing stories about political and religious persecution. Immigration officials didn't buy Peter's claim that he'd experienced persecution as a Christian in China. He told me he was too busy working to "prepare." He lodged an appeal and will attend a court hearing this August. Meanwhile, he is working as a delivery man for a Chinese restaurant, which pays $3,500 a month, enough to provide a comfortable life in New York City. He owns an iPhone and an Amazon Kindle,fitflops sandals, has his own bedroom in a Queens apartment that he shares with a cousin, and brought me to a stylish tea house in Flushing |
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