Medvid was returned once to his ship by the U.S. Government against his will. According to the border patrolmen involved. Medvid was returned because the border patrolmen did not understand his answers to their questions as being a request for political asylum. The INS agents were told by the interpreter that he did not want to return to his ship. but they were also told that Medvid had said "No" to their inquiry about whether or not he was requesting political asylum. The interpreter later explained that Medvid had understood "asylum" to mean "mental asylum." and stated that she reiterated to the border patrolmen that he did not want to return to his ship. While the report of deportable alien. filled out by the border patrolmen. noted that Medvid did not wish to return because of "political and moral reasons." the border patrolmen still felt this was not an explicit request for asylum and that. therefore. Medvid had no further rights to remain in the country. As the border patrolmen expressed. no "ship jumper" desires to return to his ship. and the Border Patrol return many dozens each year "against their will." They did not expect Medvid to be pleased about being sent back. although the border patrolmen had no way of knowing that he jumped into the Mississippi a second timesince on that occasion a "shipping agent" was solely responsible for the return of Medvid to the Marshal Konev. The border patrolmen also asked the shipping agent to notify them if there was a problem in returning Medvid to his vessel. Second. Why did an American shipping agent assist in Medvids return to the Marshal Konev?
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