In what we suspect will be immediately greeted by an avalanche of “we’re a nation of (legal) immigrants” and calls of ‘racism’ and ‘hitler’, AP reports that the Trump administration on Monday moved to end asylum protections for most Central American migrants.
According to a new rule published in the Federal Register, asylum seekers who pass through another country first will be ineligible for asylum at the U.S. southern border.
The rule, expected to go into effect Tuesday, also applies to children who have crossed the border alone.
AP does not, however, that there are some exceptions:
If someone has been trafficked, if the country the migrant passed through did not sign one of the major international treaties that govern how refugees are managed (though most Western countries have signed them)…
or if an asylum-seeker sought protection in a country but was denied, then a migrant could still apply for U.S. asylum.
The new rule also will apply to the initial asylum screening, known as a “credible fear” interview, at which migrants must prove they have credible fears of returning to their home country. It applies to migrants who are arriving to the U.S., not those who are already in the country.
By way of background, things have escalated quite dramatically in the last decade:
- During the budget year for 2009, there were 35,811 asylum claims, and 8,384 were granted.
- During 2018 budget year, there were 162,060 claims filed, and 13,168 were granted.
Immigration courts are backlogged by more than 800,000 cases, meaning many people won’t have their asylum claims heard for years despite move judges being hired.
As AP notes, the policy is almost certain to face a legal challenge, and we suspect some judge somewhere in California is already drafting the order to strike down this policy, so don’t hold your breath for any further slowdown in illegal border crossings.
More 2020 campaign rhetoric from ol’ candidate Trump’s continuation of the treason.
yea, right, now they will just come by boat!
By plane… from Africa.
HAHAHAHAHA!!!!
HEAVEN FORBID THAT HIS “CONSTITUENTS” WOULD CALL THAT JEW SONOFABITCH A LIAR……
AOC, laid low:
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez left speechless and completely & embarrassingly destroyed by ICE Director:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmwTT3N6r6c
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Words, twisted words. There’s only one outcome for the need for such twisted words.
There’s only one group of “people” who have benefited from the twisting of words to this extent.
They’ve even manufactured entire industries out of twisting words i.e. lying.
Sooner or later God’s gonna cut you down.
What’s done in the dark will be brought to the Light, and it won’t be your definition of “god”. Not satan.