Subject: Re: Welcome to Chinese Operatives
Hi, my name is < > and I'm from Somalia and it's very hard for me there. I have family in Minnesota that I can stay with. I paid a man to take me and my 3 cousins over the border after we flew to Venezuela from Mogadishu. I lost all my documents because the man I paid turned out to be a bad man.

You've failed your credible fear test. That's not nearly enough information. You can't just say "Somalia is hard for me" and pass.

Where in Somalia are you from? What happened to you specifically? Were you threatened? Who were the groups that threatened you? Do you have any injuries? Where did you grow up? What was your job there? Who is the ruler of Somalia right now? What is the name of some of your other family members? What is the name of the family in Minnesota you can stay with? When did you fly from Mogadishu? How did you pay for it. Etc.

In 2019, the entire southern border had exactly one person show up from Somalia. There's no better way to shine a spotlight on yourself than to claim to be from there.

Ha. The DHS official knows he can't hold anybody for a long period of time. The incentives are to release, not hold.

What are you talking about? The DHS can hold people as long as they want. If they suspect you're a flight risk or security risk, they don't have to release you at all. Some people are held in DHS/ICE detention for years.