Posted on 03/17/2020 9:58:35 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
The Trump administration is reportedly planning to turn back all asylum seekers at both the northern and southern borders over concerns regarding the coronavirus outbreak.
Four administration officials told The New York Times on Tuesday that the policy would apply to asylum seekers and any other migrant seeking to cross the border illegally.
Ports of entry would remain open to American citizens, green card holders and some foreigners with proper documentation as well as commercial traffic, according to the report.
Under the new policy, which the officials said would be announced within 48 hours, migrants crossing the border between the points of entry would be shuttled back to Mexico if they are crossing the southern border and would not be held for any amount of time in the U.S.
The officials said the policy is intended to prevent a coronavirus outbreak inside detention facilities, which they feared could infect large numbers of Border Patrol agents, thus softening border defenses.
It was not immediately clear if migrants seeking asylum or other protections at the ports of entry would be subject to the new policy.
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Good. With any luck at all they will forget to restart this insanity when this virus mess is over.
IIRC there are 22 US consulates and 1 embassy in Mexico. No one from south of here needs to cross the S border to apply for asylum.
Any way we get rid of them works for me.
I didn’t know any of that.
There’s a shock :)
Thanks for the info.
Begin?
End this insanity already!
There are going to be a lot of unemployed food workers and construction workers in the coming weeks. In earlier times they would go back where they came from, but now we have sanctuary cities to feed them.
Heck, if our lives are being put on hold - their lives will have to too.
If you don’t close the doors, when you eventually bring the horse back, he’s only going to run back out the other open door again.
Shame on you and your arrogance. Millions of workers are out of a job and you don’t give a f%%k. You are everything I loathe in a person.
B Raschuss
Send your favorite overpriced athlete some money in their Go Fund Me account...
HOORAY Chief. Tossed off the ship of state into the international ocean/swamp. No life jacket. No help in sight.
Begin? Begin? What the crap!?
Begin!?
It made too much sense before the hysteria. Now libs are in a bind...if theyre gonna support closing bars and restaurants then it on,y makes sense to close the border
Public schools (versus homeschooling - online instruction)
Instead we have record numbers crossing to dare trump to do something. Now.. another caravan to be allowed to walk in.. waiting to see actions vs words.
How about more H1Bs instead.
>>asylum seekers at both the northern and southern borders
asylum seekers leaving Canada???
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Add Illegal Voters...
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