Posted on 01/29/2019 8:22:58 PM PST by 11th_VA
The Trump administration began implementing a new hard-line immigration policy by sending a single asylum-seeker from Central America back to Tijuana, Mexico, to await his assigned court date later this year in San Diego.
The first asylum-seeker to be returned to Mexico was a Honduran man identified as Carlos Catarlo Gomez. He appeared confused and scared by the throng of reporters waiting for him Tuesday on the Mexican side of the San Ysidro border crossing, according to the San Diego Union-Tribune. He was whisked away by Mexican authorities.
Officially dubbed "Migrant Protection Protocols," the policy was announced by Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen last December. Administration officials initially called it a "Remain in Mexico" policy to deter the waves of asylum-seeking families fleeing mainly the Northern Triangle nations of Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras.
Until now, asylum-seekers were allowed to remain in the U.S., pending their immigration court appearances.
There is a backlog of 800,000 cases piled up in U.S. immigration courts. The number of migrants detained at the border is near its lowest level in decades, even as the number of asylum-seekers has doubled since 2015.
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Did you mean “cannot pull that scam?”
I guess this is winning with the only problem being future administrations have to keep in good relationship with Mexico. I have to wonder what Mexico got from this - or was it the threat of closing the border against their products?
This basically means half the battle is won. Catch them and they are now gone. The other half is catching them, which is best aided by not having them cross to begin with (the wall).
Trump probably did some arm twisting.
This story calls out only one person
being returned when there’s been two
large groups recently detained on our
side. I’m wondering if the return policy
only includes single males, while groups
with kids are being processed.
I am pretty sure they will...
Yep - Trump is doing what many of us are too lazy to do - he keeps chipping away and taking it by the inch when necessary...it helps that he has some amount of leverage over Mexico - why the trade stuff had to happen first, which many seem to ignore when they complain he’s moving too slow on the border.
Best President ever...MAGA!!!
“Our President keeps his promises”
Ish
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