Where their asylum applications were dismissed and where ICE agents detained them on the way out of the building. For the last individual that I walked out with, his name, name is Abu Bakr...is seeking asylum here. He lives in Anchorage, Alaska. But somehow his case was assigned here [New York City]. And so he came to New York City for his asylum application. He spoke to the judge about it, and the judge said, it sounds like you have, you know, a credible fear. (00:21–01:30)
CLAIM
Asserts that an asylum seeker's case was assigned to New York City despite living in Anchorage, Alaska.
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