Let’s Wrap This Baby Up, Folks!
Posted on 12/19/2019 2:06:20 PM PST by jazusamo
The Trump administration on Wednesday proposed a rule that would expand the list of crimes, including some misdemeanors, for which a migrant can be barred from being granted asylum in the U.S.
"Because asylum is a discretionary benefit, aliens who are eligible for asylum are not automatically entitled to it," the rule says. "Rather, after demonstrating eligibility, aliens must further meet their burden of showing that the Attorney General or Secretary should exercise his or her discretion to grant asylum."
The proposed regulation, announced by the departments of Justice and Homeland Security, would provide seven additional restrictions for asylum eligibility to those already in place.
The rule would then bar any migrants convicted of a felony under federal or state law, as well as offenses including alien smuggling, illegal re-entry or a crime involving criminal street gang activity.
The rule would also bar migrants from claiming asylum who had been convicted of offenses including driving under the influence (DUI) and domestic violence.
Most controversially, the rule would also apply to misdemeanors related to false identification, drug possession and welfare fraud -- something likely to raise the ire of pro-migrant and other civil rights groups.
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Personally, I think you should HALT All Immigration for the next 30 years.
I sure wouldn’t argue against that.
Halt, build wall, deport.
Back in 1971 when I IMMIGRATED to America any criminal background could keep an alien from entering the country...
What happened to the immigration laws in place then ???
Plus after IMMIGRATING a felony lead to deportation and a misdemeanor could also...
are IMMIGRANTS held to a higher standard than illegal aliens ???
Yeah I know the answer to that one...
They are...
I agree Tennessee Nana, these type restrictions should be in place without even thinking about it.
Let’s Wrap This Baby Up, Folks!
Please change that from welfare fraud to all welfare. If an immigrant is hungry, in need of medical care, or other welfare, the immigrant can ask for voluntary charity. But no immigrant should force the taxpayers to pay for anything.
It shoud be noted that many immigrants practice this. I have voluntarily loaned money to illegals. They always paid it back.
But using force? Never. Not from any type of immigrant.
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