My goodness, Saunders is actually producing articles I agree with!

I would add one more thing. If we need an expedited process for these people, surely we also need one for all those existing refugee claimants who do go through those months and years of appeals, for the exact same reasons.

Why should these new claimants get quicker hearings than those already in the pipeline? That already has all the downsides Saunders enumerates.

BTW, I recently heard the child of "refugees" marvel at how much hardship the earlier immigrants were willing to go through when they came here, with the terrible climate, etc. He was in incredulous. Indeed, his own parents got free healthcare, a three-bedroom apartment in a central part of town, welfare, free education, etc. Why would anyone want to come here before any of those were available, was his question...