Dallas Dunlap
Jul 21, 2017 · 1 min read

This is a “deal” negotiated by the Obama administration? What is the other side of the deal? What do we get from Australia?

Apparently there was a quid pro quo in which Australia would resettle asylum seekers who are trying to get asylum in the US while in detention in Costa Rica.

Ahhh…Why?

Why doesn’t the US just process the asylum requests while Australia handles its own refugees?

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