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    Five barriers the Honduran caravan of immigrants might find when they get to the U.S.

    Five barriers the Honduran caravan of immigrants might find when they get to the U.S. to seek asylum


    October 25, 2018

    Dianne Solis


    President Donald Trump is threatening to close the southwest border with Mexico to keep a caravan of thousands of mostly Honduran migrants from crossing into the U.S. But even if that doesn't happen, those in the caravan who make it to the U.S. to seek asylum will quickly face an overloaded immigration system.



    The Trump administration has made no secret of its efforts to crackdown on all forms of immigration, and some of its toughest policies this year have been aimed at the asylum process, saying it’s full of “loopholes.” Crossing into the U.S. to request asylum is perfectly legal. But asylum claims have been increasing, even as overall Border Patrol apprehensions of migrants crossing the border -- both legally and illegally -- are at historic lows.



    From the bridges to the courtroom, here are some of the obstacles to seeking asylum:




    1. Get turned away and wait some more: Immigrants have been turned back at the U.S.-Mexico bridges by agents who say they’re at “processing capacity.” Some immigrants have waited for days, camped out on the bridges, often cared for by local advocacy groups who bring them food, blankets and umbrellas. Others have crossed the Rio Grande itself, which is illegal.
    2. Lose your child: Crossing the river can result in a civil offense or, as is increasingly common, criminal misdemeanor charges for illegal entry. For months earlier this year, it also resulted in the separation of more than 2,600 immigrant children from their parents. That separation policy has since ended by executive order amid litigation by the ACLU, but the Trump administration is considering reviving it with a twist: The parent must decide whether to be separated from their child while the parent awaits the outcome of a criminal case, or the whole family can be detained in a federal facility.
    3. Get locked up anyway: While it is lawful to seek asylum at border bridges, many asylum-seekers have been taken into detention there anyway, even after they legally ask for asylum and pass a crucial first exam showing that they face “credible fear” of being persecuted in some way back in their homelands. Earlier this year, a federal judge sided with asylum-seeking plaintiffs who were denied release from detention after passing the “credible fear” exam, but a court fight continues over government compliance. Not every asylum-seeker is detained, said Daniel Kowalski, an attorney who edits an immigration law journal. “If you are lucky enough to have a visa and enter legally and then apply, then you are not going to be detained," he said. "But let’s say you get caught at the border: Nowadays you are likely to be detained even if you have no criminal record.”
    4. Face new interpretations of the rules that make you ineligible:In 1951, the United Nations established the rules for granting asylum for people persecuted in one of five areas. The U.S. agreedto those definitions. People are eligible if it’s proven they could be endangered or face violence because of membership in a particular social group, race, religion, nationality, or political opinion. ‘Social group’ persecution is used frequently by Central Americans who live in nations with high murder rates and frequent gang and domestic violence. But Attorney General Jeff Sessions this year narrowed its use, saying gang and domestic violence do not qualify. “The mere fact that a country may have problems effectively policing certain crimes -- such as domestic violence or gang violence -- or that certain populations are more likely to be victims of crime cannot itself establish an asylum claim,” Sessions wrote in his ruling.
    5. Face increasingly tough judges: Last year, about 120,000 asylum claims were filed in the immigration courts, nearly four times as many as in 2014, according to Justice Department data. Although the Syracuse-University nonprofit the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse calculates data differently than the Justice Department, it found that that 62 percent of asylum-seekers in 2017 were denied asylum. That denial rate jumps to almost 80 percent for Hondurans.

      https://www.dallasnews.com/news/immi...us-seek-asylum
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