(…) Under current U.S. immigration law, the Joseph/Mary/Jesus family would have been entitled to asylum in the United States because they would have been able to prove that they could not return to their home country “because of persecution or a well-founded fear of persecution on account of race, religion,nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion.” 8 U.S.C.§ 1101(a)(42)(A). (U.S. immigration officers and the reviewing court might not have credited Joseph’s fear of persecution, which was based on a dream. But hypothetically, the family could have called the Magi as witnesses, who could attest to Herod’s obsession with Jesus, and called other witnesses who could have testified about the Massacre of the Innocents that Herod had perpetrated in Israel.)
David Kopel, na Volokh Conspiracy. Eu não sabia que advogados tinham senso de humor. Acho que são só os direitosos.
