If We Live by the Rules, Every Honduran Qualifies for Asylum

   What should give us pause, is that if we live by the rules, every Honduran qualifies for asylum in the United States.
   Oh, it is just my opinion -- yes -- but tell me if I am not right. Read one sentence from an entry in Wikipedia: "The country is the most deadly in the world for environmental activists."
 There are five categories, one of which a person must belong to to qualify for asylum: Race, religion, nationality, political beliefs, and social group.
   Political beliefs, you say?
   If Honduras is the most deadly place in the world for those who are environmentalists, then there is no country on earth from which environmentalists are more qualified for asylum.
   Why would not any environmentalist from Honduras not qualify for asylum, supposing asylum law is adjudicated in a fair and American way?
   And, do not think being an environmentalist is the only begging point. Not at all. In Honduras, the government has long been associated with crime. Now, pick up a current social media advertisement encouraging the people to flee to America:  "We're looking for refuge," it says. "In Honduras, we are being killed."
  Honduras is one of the deadliest places on earth.
  Now, if criminal rings are killing the people, and if the government is associated with the criminal rings, then why would it not be that you are fleeing political persecution? Why would not U.S. law mean hat you qualify for asylum in the U.S.?
  I pick up an online article from 2017 from Al Jazeera. "The life of Honduran people is at play in this election because we're in an economic crisis (and) the human rights violations by the government are increasing evident," says Kevin Ramos of the Association for Democracy and Human Rights.
   Simply put, if there is such a thing as a political refugee, how does anyone from Honduras not qualify? If they will kill you for disagreement over the environment, they can kill you for other political beliefs.
   The nation is one of the most dangerous in the Americas for journalists. Its indigenous people, its human rights defenders, and its social leaders have been attacked. There are assassinations and criminalization for political beliefs. Anyone who has a political belief running counter to that of one of the government or crime rulers is in danger.
   So, which will it be -- or both? Will we let them into America because of our compassion? Or will we let them in because our laws clearly qualify them as refugees?
   If we believe in our laws, and if we are a land of justice -- one that stands behind its laws -- we must let them in.