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Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Several years ago a young man\Ncame to see me in my clinic.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He told me he was running for his life.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He said that he fled his home
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because there, homosexuality\Nwasn't just illegal,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in some cases it was punishable by death.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So when his sexual\Norientation was exposed,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,his family rejected him,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,his boss fired him
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and angry mobs repeatedly\Nattacked him in the streets.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And each time the police arrived\Nonly to arrest him,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,detain
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and torture him further.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he knew that if he couldn't escape\Nthe cycle of violence,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he would surely be killed.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So he had to do what he needed\Nto do to survive.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He left everything behind.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All of his friends,\Nhis family, his career.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He fled his home,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he escaped to the United States
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and here he applied for asylum.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But like many people fleeing\Nthis kind of persecution,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he couldn't carry much.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He had some basic ID,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,barely any money
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a few other belongings.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He certainly didn't bring\Nofficial documents
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the police who tortured him.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No videos from the mob\Nthat tried to kill him.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He didn't have this kind of evidence\Nto help support his claims,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,yet here he was,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sitting in my clinic,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,showing me some of the most powerful\Nevidence of his persecution.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That was the physical and psychological\Nscars that he brought with him.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, he suffered from chronic,\Ndebilitating pain.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He had severe scars\Nscattered over his body,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,poorly healing wounds\Nthat got infected over and over again.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He suffered from severe depression
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and continued to regular, paralyzing\Nnightmares and flashbacks from PTSD.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we continued our work.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We met regularly for months,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,documenting each of these pieces\Nof medical evidence.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We went over the details of every attack,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,photographed his scars,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,documented his injuries and wounds,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we were even able to start\Nchronicling his slow but steady recovery
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while under our care.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Working closely with his lawyers,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I submitted a detailed affidavit,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,including the findings of this forensic\Nmedical evaluation,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we included it as part\Nof his asylum application.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then we waited
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for several long years\Nwhile he navigated the courts.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then one day I got an email from him.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It said that he was granted asylum.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And everyone in the clinic was overjoyed.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He said in his email that this was\Nthe first time in years
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that he didn't fear deportation and death.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was the first time in years\Nthat he truly felt safe,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that he had the security\Nto rebuild his life all over again.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it was only through this medical\Nand legal advocacy
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we were able to help restore\Nhis legal status and his rights
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that he could do that,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all through asylum.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now for many people fleeing persecution,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they come to programs\Nand clinics like this
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,telling unimaginable tales of violence
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and different reasons\Nthey were persecuted.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But one this is always the same.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The violence meted against them\Nwas met with complete impunity.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes by the hands of the state\Ndirectly through police
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of military officials.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In other cases,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the state just turns a blind eye
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and condones the acts\Nof paramilitary groups
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or even violent domestic partners.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In other cases,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,state is completely powerless
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to protect the vulnerable\Nfrom powerful gangs.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now we know that social determinants\Nof health play a huge role
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in determining the health\Nand well-being of our patients:
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,housing,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,income,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,education,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,race,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,social inclusion.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the same can be true\Nfor equal protection in the law.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Due process.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Especially in societies\Nfor the most vulnerable,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the marginalized
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and even those who are actively targeted,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their access to these human\Nrights protections,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that can mean the difference\Nbetween sickness and in health,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and often it's the difference\Nbetween life and death.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And for millions of people\Nwho endure persecution and torture,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the only way to heal
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is to acknowledge the human\Nrights abuses that have occurred,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to help restore the rights\Nand protections that were so violated.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After the atrocities of World War II,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the asylum system was set up\Nas one pathway to that kind of relief.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But these days it seems like that pathway\Nhas turned into an obstacle course,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,setting people up to fail.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Asylum seekers oftentimes\Ndon't know how to start
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,let alone complete the process\Nthat can drag on for years.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're not entitled to lawyers,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so they don't know their rights.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Increasingly, they're even being barred
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from setting foot in places\Nof potential refuge.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're arrested or prosecuted,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even deported before they ever\Nget to see an asylum officer.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And even if they do\Nmake through the process,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,asylum grant rates\Ncan be as low as 20 percent,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and far worse for some.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's almost like the system was designed
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to keep people from\Nexercising their right.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But there is something that many\Nof these people can do.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Something that can potentially\Nincrease their chances of success
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to 90 percent or more.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what makes the difference?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Getting a lawyer and having\Na medical evaluation.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's as simple as that.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The man who came to my clinic\Nand won his asylum case.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Doctors and lawyers working together\Nto present all of the evidence,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,including the medical evidence,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the courts
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,allows judges to make informed\Nand just decisions.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's this kind\Nof medical-legal partnership
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's now more important than ever.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because we live in a time\Nof epic forced migration
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,due to violence and conflict.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In 2018 there were 70 million\Npeople worldwide forcible displaced
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,due to war, conflict and persecution.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It includes 40 million\Ninternally displaced,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,25 million refugees
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and three million asylum seekers.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here in the United States,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we see the impact of escalating violence\Nin places like El Salvador,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Guatemala and Honduras,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where murder rates can be high\Nas those in Syria and Afghanistan.