The metastasis of what used to be political asylum continues. Prompted by the egregious 9th Circuit, an immigration judge has granted asylum to a homosexual man from Mexico because people in Mexico don’t like homosexuals. This continues the ongoing march of the culture wars through asylum policy, where persecution based on race, religion, nationality, or political opinion just isn’t prying open our borders enough for some people. So, instead, the final basis for asylum, “membership in a particular social group,” has become an invitation to mischief for activist judges and anti-borders attorneys everywhere. The goal seems to be to apply our social norms to all foreigners abroad, extending an effective right to immigrate to anyone from any benighted Third World society that mistreats the handicapped, homosexuals, or women — which, of course, includes most of the planet.