I flagged the OP because it's old, but your story is relevant and interesting, as it seems the incorrect map was AI-generated.

> The State Department said it took “full responsibility” for the confusion

Love the childish damage control. What was the alternative, "A hacker edited our slides to embarrass us"?

Ha ha! Wow, the level of ignorance is staggering

considering all the other Ai snafus from this admin, I'd put my money on that being more likely

I’ll take that bet. It was in 2019.

In 2019 that'd be impressive.

That is part of their MO for sure. But the sloppy test data sneaking through is a plausible excuse.

And right after I just wrote that another scenario came to mind: resistance from low level insiders "accidentally" letting it happen to highlight the true incompetence of the administration.

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Why would you assume a given country would take you?

(setting aside that in lore Wakanda wouldn't take anyone, fewer immigrants than North Korea)