Does a person on GC not to be deported still need to apply for political asylum

[AmericanWannabe]

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/01/23/china.prisoner.ap/index.html

Does a person on GC not to be deported still need to apply for political asylum
in order to keep GC?

The story says if the judge decide this person is a national security risk, then
then she will be deported. If not, she will go to hearing for political asylum.

But if she is already PR and if not to be deported, does she still need to
apply for a political asymlum to keep her GC or get a new one?

 

[TheRealCanadian]

But if she is already PR and if not to be deported, does she still need to apply for a political asymlum to keep her GC or get a new one?

Where does the story say she is a permanent resident of the US?

 

[AmericanWannabe]

Where does the story say she is a permanent resident of the US?

This is not a NEW pieces of news. She had been a PR for a long time and
was to get citizenship when she was released by Chian to USA. A congressman from North Carolina was a strong supporter of her and
wanted to chair her natualization ceremony but INS delayed her
natualization, most likely as result of FBI investigation.

So she missed entering safe habor by only a few months. If she first
got citizenship first before she did those smuggling, she would still get criminal punishment but not so much trouble such as deportation etc.

 

[TheRealCanadian]

First off, if it's not NEW news to you, that doesn't mean everyone knows about it. Second, I still don't see where it states that she is still a permanent resident.

 

[dima66a]

Everyone who gets a political asylum entitled to have a GC. The opposite is not true. Asylum means more rights than just a GC. For example, if she get political asylum, no matter what laws she breaks after that, she can not be deported to China.

 

[AmericanWannabe]

Everyone who gets a political asylum entitled to have a GC. The opposite is not true. Asylum means more rights than just a GC. For example, if she get political asylum, no matter what laws she breaks after that, she can not be deported to China.

Are you sure?

Then those who can likely get political asylum should continue to work to get it even if they already got GC by other means.

 

[AmericanWannabe]

Asylum provides protection against deportation to the home country, if the person has to fear persecution there. So it is independent of having a GC. For asylees, the GC is just a means to be able to stay here.

Threat to national security must be an exception

 

[AmericanWannabe]

Asylum provides protection against deportation to the home country, if the person has to fear persecution there. So it is independent of having a GC. For asylees, the GC is just a means to be able to stay here.

and what of the political situation in the home country changes (like
a tyranical country becomes democratic) ?

 

[dima66a]

Threat to national security must be an exception

As JoeF pointed asylum prevents deportation to home country (which anyway sounds weird since every GC holder supposed to view the US as home country). She can be deported to any other country. There is some procedure when the government of that country should give formal approval for a person to be deported there.

 

[AmericanWannabe]

Once you have been granted asylum, it is not going to be taken away.
A friend of mine from Poland got asylum together with his father when the communists declared martial law in Poland in the early 80ies. Poland became a democracy later, and that didn't affect his status in any way.
The situation at the time Asylum is granted matters.

What if the political situation does not change, say the asylee claim he
will be persecuted by a leader in his home country and that leader is still
in power and the asylee go back to visit his home country? Is such act considered evidence he commit fraud? If he faces persecution, how come
he can visit his hoime country and come back?

 

[dima66a]

I know many people who have asylum status and visited their countries. But I also read about cases when people were stripped the asylum status because of visiting their original country.