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[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 30 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

So the changing of the online constitution wasn't a mistake, like we all knew but the republicans wouldn't admit.

News of the plan was originally reported on Wednesday by The Washington Post, which documented how the administration has been revising State Department reports on human rights in El Salvador, Israel, and Russia to "strike all references to LGBTQ+ individuals or crimes against them." The Post also added that "the descriptions of government abuses that do remain have been softened."

[–] mkwt@lemmy.world 13 points 3 weeks ago

Out of many problems with this form of lying, these State Department reports are used as presumptive evidence in asylum cases.

Let's say someone from El Salvador comes to the to US and requests political asylum in grounds of torture and persecution. The government submits as evidence this State Dept report that says that there is no torture in El Salvador. The immigration judge is required by law to presume that the State Dept is telling the truth. Then it's up to the asylum claimant to provide hard evidence to rebut that presumption.

[–] wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works 9 points 3 weeks ago
[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

Now that is a memeable shitface