If an officer doesn't grant asylum, you have the right to take your case before an immigration judge. Asylum is a very compassionate exercise of the law, and many people have been saved through refuge and asylum.

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Oftentimes that's the last they see of the employee, but that's OK because they can just hire the next person. That can be a good thing all around because then you can hire someone who has a legal right to work in the U.S. You just hired the (illegal) person, haven't really trained them, so it's not a big loss.

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