They Should Have Entered the Country Illegally

Quite:

A federal judge has quashed an order granting three U.S. citizens from Michigan “refugee status” in Canada. The case spent six years on appeal: “There is no such thing in people’s minds, mine included, as a refugee from the United States.”

 

Oh, but there is!:

While there is no official way of knowing how many asylum seekers have fled the United States through Roxham Road, research conducted by the Migration Policy institute suggests that around 40% of people who cross there have lived extensive periods of time in the U.S., and leave for reasons directly tied to U.S. immigration policies.

 

So, not refugees, but rejected by the American immigration system for one reason or another.

These people entered a country that made it next to impossible for Yazidis and North Korean defectors to claim refugee status and remain.