Thread: 28 asylum-seekers being processed at U.S-Mexico border

28 asylum-seekers being processed at U.S-Mexico border

Zac Self1:03 PM, May 1, 2018
1 hour ago

DAVID MCNEW


SAN YSIDRO, Calif. (KGTV) -- A total of 28 migrants seeking asylum in the United States are being processed Tuesday afternoon, according to an attorney.

Eight migrants were allowed in for processing Monday night. 20 more asylum-seekers were allowed in Tuesday afternoon.

According to officials, 125 more migrants are in Tijuana to be processed.

The attorney, who is working with the group of migrants, said members of the caravan were asked to choose among themselves who would be processed.

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The process reportedly has emotions running high. Of the migrants selected for the process Tuesday, two women and their two children were part of the group.

An official with U.S. Customs and Border Protection said that, although this group of migrants has been gaining national attention, the process the group is going through is standard.

As far as the process the migrants are going through, CBP said that individuals who don’t have proper travel documents and try to enter into the U.S. may be subject to expedited removal.

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Those in expedited removal who express fear of return are then referred to United States Citizenship and Immigration Services.

Migrants then go through a “fear interview” to determine whether or not they have a credible fear of persecution or torture.

The San Ysidro border inspection facility can hold 300 people.

Between October of 2017 and February of 2018, 8,000 asylum cases were processed.

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According to a CBP spokesperson, port capacity at San Ysidro is dependent on holding space, volume of traffic, officer resources and complexity of cases among other factors.

“CBP is committed to maintaining security and meeting the health and safety needs of those persons in our custody, the traveling public, and officers and personnel. At times, this has required us to limit the number of people we can bring in the port facility for processing at a given time, including in 2016 when an influx of Haitians arrived at the California border, and as recently as within the past six months. In recent days, San Ysidro has exceeded port capacity due to an increase in arrivals of undocumented persons making asylum claims or presenting complex cases.

Accordingly, CBP has had to limit the number of new arrivals for processing. CBP will continue to work with its interagency partners at ICE to ensure continued management of persons presenting without documents and appropriate care and custody of all those in our facility,” the spokesperson said in part.

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Oh stop being saps and suckers and throw these people back immediately to Mexico. You come in thru Mexico, you go right back out to Mexico, same as Canada. These people so disgust me I could puke. MOOCHERS!! CON ARTISTS!!

I'm curiously waiting to find out exactly how many of these folks will be turned away (fail initial interview). Of course my curiosity will probably never be satisfied because that is information that will probably never be shared with us.

They've been coached and have attorneys with them, the scam is on if you give them an interview, so I expect it will be all of them. Sessions says he's going to prosecute them for fraud and to do that, you have to let them commit it first, then prove they lied, then charge, then prosecute and yada yada yada. They needed to do what Trump told them to do and keep them out.

Originally Posted by Judy

They've been coached and have attorneys with them, the scam is on if you give them an interview, so I expect it will be all of them. Sessions says he's going to prosecute them for fraud and to do that, you have to let them commit it first, then prove they lied, then charge, then prosecute and yada yada yada. They needed to do what Trump told them to do and keep them out.

Unfortunately they can't just arbitrarily keep them out because that would be against the law. I think the prosecution Sessions is talking about mostly involves those that are attempting reentry and those crossing over illegally. However, if they do commit fraud in the process, I'm sure he will go after those too. I believe Sessions is doing what he can but his power is limited by law. You and I have both known Jeff Sessions for years and know he is very serious on combating excessive immigration, illegal immigration and weak border security.

Originally Posted by MW

Unfortunately they can't just arbitrarily keep them out because that would be against the law. I think the prosecution Sessions is talking about mostly involves those that are attempting reentry and those crossing over illegally. However, if they do commit fraud in the process, I'm sure he will go after those too. I believe Sessions is doing what he can but his power is limited by law. You and I have both known Jeff Sessions for years and know he is very serious on combating excessive immigration, illegal immigration and weak border security.

Oh?!! So Trump and Nielsen are correct when they say they can't do anything about it until Congress changes the laws and fixes these "loopholes", because refusing them entry would be illegal under our laws.

I'm so glad we got that straight.

Originally Posted by Judy

Oh?!! So Trump and Nielsen are correct when they say they can't do anything about it until Congress changes the laws and fixes these "loopholes", because refusing them entry would be illegal under our laws.

I'm so glad we got that straight.

Huh??? I never said otherwise, so what did we get straight?

The asylum laws have been pretty well explained on here over the last several days. Haven't you been paying attention? I've always known that we are required by law to give them, at a minimum, the initial interview for asylum. Show me where I've said anything different.

I was referring to we the people.