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サマリー
あらすじ・解説
Kim and Steve strive to explain the law of asylum in the United States. The United States is a signatory to the United Nations 1951 Convention and 1967 Protocol and must must, under that convention and under United States law, offer asylum to aliens who seek it.
Here is the text of 8 United States Code section 1158(a)(1):
Any alien who is physically present in the United States or who arrives in the United States (whether or not at a designated port of arrival and including an alien who is brought to the United States after having been interdicted in international or United States waters), irrespective of such alien’s status, may apply for asylum in accordance with this section or, where applicable, section 1225(b) of this title.