The commenter implied that how many countries they went through first should have a bearing on whether they should be granted asylum. Many people are under the impression that if an asylum seeker travels through another safe country first, their asylum will be rejected. Looking at their comment history, they appear to be from the EU where that is the case but it is not in the US. My comment was to correct that thought. You are correct that they are going through the standard process which is no different than other asylum seekers.