Posted on 06/01/2026 9:04:38 AM PDT by zeestephen
This week, the Department of Homeland Security announced a new effort to crack down on asylum fraud — by going after the lawyers who enable it. DHS will be imposing civil fines on attorneys who file bogus and frivolous protection applications on behalf of their alien clients.
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We should go back to accepting asylum applications from the US embassy/consular offices in the applicant’s home countries. And even then be skeptical.
only if they are coming from Mexico or Canada as the international law states they must apply to the first country they come to after leaving their country.
Mexico, USA, and Canada, have a Treaty that allows them to immediately return each others citizens - without any judicial involvement - who claim asylum.
For reasons unknown, non-citizens from more distant countries, can unlawfully enter Mexico and Canada, then, unlawfully enter the USA, and then get asylum judicial rights in the USA!
Also, many Caribbean people who land in Florida by small boats are allowed to apply for asylum.
Completely insane!
I wasn’t referring to international law (which we have little say in). I’m referring to U.S. laws and regulations.
Claiming bogus or fraudulent “asylum” through the courts is a serious
federal crime in the US. It is considered “immigration fraud”
<><>to knowingly provide false information,
<><>to fabricate stories of persecution,
<><>or use forged documents to obtain asylum.
This carries severe legal, financial,
and negative immigration consequences.
——— Ntl Immigration Forum
Attorneys who knowingly file bogus or frivolous protection applications
(such as “asylum”) on behalf of alien clients face severe penalties, including
<><>civil fines,
<><>disbarment,
<><>and federal imprisonment.
A May 2026 DHS directive authorizes ICE to increase enforcement against attorneys who enable asylum fraud by filing fabricated claims or claims that are knowingly against the law.
international law is just another reason for rejection when lawyers are involved.
That still exists. This is about stopping the lawfare done by NGOs couching their clients on how to to make bogus claims for assylum and then filing their bogus claims.
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