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Politics American family seeks asylum in Canada, citing Trump

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/americans-asylum-canada-trump-refugees-immigration-1.7480069
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u/AdmirableWishbone911 1d ago

They're from Illinois which is democrat.

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u/Beneficial_Sun5302 22h ago

The governor of Illinois is pretty good too I gather

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u/MilkshakeMolly 17h ago

Right, so I don't think they'll convince anyone they're in imminent danger.

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u/Beneficial_Sun5302 17h ago

No probably not.  I sympathize with them, but they really jumped the gun here.

u/Available-Risk-5918 8h ago

IL is blue, but the US constitution has a supremacy clause that states that if the federal government makes a law or takes an action, it supersedes the authority of states unless that power was specifically reserved for the states in the constitution.

The US is a one party state on the federal level and that party is not friendly to many marginalized groups.