Citizenship experts, how long will it take for him to switch to US citizenship? I assume he'll be in line for expedited citizenship since it's pretty clear he could be killed if he returned home.
Any asylum claim by this person is 100% fraudulent since the law requires that the asylum request be made to the first safe country reached by the petitioner. Assuming he would have been in any danger in Ethiopia -- which is laughable -- he was perfectly safe in Brazil, so he could have sought assistance from the Brazilians. Ooooo but then he'd actually have to work and couldn't cash in on his medal.
What this is really all about is a cynical ploy by someone who wants to game the immigration system to get rich -- not even immigrate and become an American -- but scam the law to get in, cash in, and live like a famous American millionaire athlete.
By the way, this guy seemed to just materialize out of nowhere to claim Olympic silver much the style of obvious doper Almaz Ayana, so maybe the scam started way before the stupid throwing of gang signs in the finish corral.
This system is rotten kids - vote Trump, lets clear 'em out and start something new.