Trump has a plan to stop the migrant caravan, will
announce Tuesday, by Ann Corcoran, 10/28/18.
I
have to say: this is the newest news I’m seeing. Since the whole issue is
in flux (and perhaps more so after the shooting at the synagogue in Pittsburgh
where we heard the shooter may have been angry over the caravan as well
as HIAS’s role in
it), things could change any minute.
But,
here is what Neil Munro reported at Breitbart yesterday: WashPo: Trump Will Announce Anti-Caravan Plan on Tuesday. President
Donald Trump will announce Tuesday how he will use his extraordinary powers
over legal immigration to block the caravan and other asylum-seeking economic
migrants, according to the Washington Post.
“A
draft of the proposal reviewed by The Washington Post says the president can
use his authority under Section 212(f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act
to declare certain migrants ineligible for asylum for national security
reasons,” the Post reported.
The
little-used powers are in Section 212(f) of U.S. law, at 8 U.S. Code § 1182: Suspension of entry or imposition of restrictions by President
Whenever the President finds that
the entry of any aliens into the United States would be detrimental to the interests
of the United States, he may by proclamation, and for such period as he shall
deem necessary, suspend the entry of all aliens or any class of aliens as
immigrants or non-immigrants, or impose on the entry of aliens any restrictions
he may deem to be appropriate.
But
pro-migration advocates say that 212(f) clause cannot stop illegal migrants
from jumping over the border wall into the United States and then use U.S. and
international law to apply for asylum. These advocates say migrants — even
those with invalid cases — are protected by the constitution’s Fith Amendment
once they get onto U.S. territory. The clause — “No person shall be … deprived
of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law” — allows migrants to
get court hearings, despite Presidential opposition, the advocates say.
However, U.S. law does not require that asylum applicants be allowed to
stay in the United States while their legal claims are considered by the
courts, countered Christopher Hajec, the litigation director for the
Immigration Law Reform Institute.
President Trump has the legal authority to deport classes of migrants
to an outside location where they can safely live until their appeals are
heard, he said. Migrants would be allowed to appeal for asylum in court cases
conducted via video, he told Breitbart
News. “Some might get asylum,” he added. Much more here.
Remember
readers that asylum is the other side of the refugee coin. The only
difference is the means of getting here.
If
we fly them they are called refugees, if they get here on their own steam they
must apply for asylum (refugee status). Then, if the migrant is granted asylum,
he/she gets the benefits that refugees we transport here receive.
Norb Leahy, Dunwoody
GA Tea Party Leader
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