Ending the
illegal migrant invasion will require building the border wall, deporting
illegals and ending all government benefits including welfare, healthcare and
education. The Asylum law changes will help stop the border surge, but it’s
just the beginning. See below.
White House
Moves to Block Asylum for Migrants Crossing Mexico, 7/15/19, Globe Post.
The Trump administration
moved Monday to block most migrants who cross the U.S. southern border after
passing through Mexico from seeking asylum.
A new rule redefining
asylum eligibility – to take effect on Tuesday – is the latest attempt to stem
the flow of undocumented migrants into the country, and comes amid White House
frustration at Congress’s failure to change asylum laws.
The White House’s new
rule targets hundreds of thousands of migrants from Central America and other
countries who have tried to cross into the United States from Mexico and
request asylum.
These requests –
increasingly made by families fleeing endemic violence and poverty in their countries – allow the
applicants to remain in the United States and to move around freely while their
cases are adjudicated, which can take two years.
Trump administration
officials claim any disappear into the country and never appear for their
cases, though data from the Department of Justice shows that 89 percent of asylum
applicants attend their final court hearing.
The new rule declares
any migrant who enters the United States from the southern border and who has
not asked for asylum in any of the countries they cross to get to the United
States ineligible for asylum.
U.S. law allows any
individual to apply for asylum no matter how they entered the country unless
they traveled through “a safe third country” on the way.
What constitutes a safe
third country, however, has not been legally defined. Canada is currently the
only country that’s signed a safe third country agreement with the U.S.
The American Civil
Liberties Union announced Monday that it intends to “swiftly” mount a legal
challenge to the order.
On Monday, Guatemala’s
constitutional court blocked President Jimmy
Morales from
signing an agreement with the U.S. that would designate it as a safe third
country.
The U.S. is also a
signatory of numerous international agreements on the status of refugees and
asylum seekers, and Trump’s executive order may lead to questions about the
country’s compliance with them.
Acting Homeland Security
Secretary Kevin McAleenan said the Trump administration’s
move, labeled an “interim rule” in lieu of action by Congress, was necessary
because previous efforts to change immigration laws to stem the flow of
migrants had proven inadequate.
“Until Congress can act,
this interim rule will help reduce a major ‘pull’ factor driving irregular
migration to the United States … leading to fewer individuals transiting
through Mexico on a dangerous journey,” McAleenan said.
The rule includes
exceptions for people who can demonstrate they are victims of torture or
persecution, but U.S. immigration officials have made clear they consider most
of the recent migrants from Central America to be economic migrants, and thus
not qualified for asylum.
“The United States is a
generous country but is being completely overwhelmed by the burdens associated
with apprehending and processing hundreds of thousands of aliens along the
southern border,” Attorney General Bill Barr said in a statement.
“This rule will decrease
forum shopping by economic migrants and those who seek to exploit our asylum
system to obtain entry to the United States,” Barr added.
Norb Leahy, Dunwoody
GA Tea Party Leader
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