WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is seeking to deny asylum to migrants caught crossing the U.S.-Mexico border illegally.
New regulations will block migrants from claiming asylum if they do not come to an official border crossing.
They are intended to speed up rulings on asylum claims, instead of having migrants try to circumvent official crossings on the nearly 2,000-mile (3,200-kilometer) border.
The move was spurred in part by caravans of Central American migrants walking toward the border. They are now about 600 miles (965 kilometers) away. President Donald Trump has vowed to stop them from entering the country.
The new rules are subject to a presidential proclamation expected Friday in which Trump will invoke the same justification he did for the travel ban. The new rules will almost certainly face court challenges.
Pre-election: GOP screams that caravan is an existential threat and an invasion
Post-election: crickets
Trump claims he is no racist yet I see no evidence of that… what I see is rampant racism flavored with cruelty just for kicks. Why else would he i struct the border people to jail babies? Why else put them in cages on concrete with a space blanket and a bag of chips for comfort? Why else would he haul 3yr old toddlers into court to defend themselves before a judge with no lawyer? I will never forgive trump.
I guess we need to send the Statue of Liberty back to France.
What about the yearly caravan to Mar-A-Lago?
Do any escape?
Have they been vetted?
The French aren’t the problem. But these days they have a right to ask for Lady Liberty back. They already have a smaller version of their own near the Seine River in the middle of Paris.