The US has always had a policy of giving people, who would be endangered by sending them back to their country of origin, sanctuary. That is an established policy that has been in effect for a long time.+1
There is no claim that the citizens of Mexico would be endangered by them returning to Mexico. Originally Posted by Laz
not that it matters to dumb shits like IB but they/he might as well chew on thisNotice the wording, CBJ7 (and when you're done, shove your keyboard up your hairy-ass and swirl):
http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Executive_Order_12711
notice the wording IB .. AS THE PRESIDENT BY THE CONSTITUTION
now go fuck yourself Originally Posted by CJ7
Executive Order 12711
Signed by President George Herbert Walker Bush April 11, 1990 – after the violence at Tiananmen Square
"By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and laws of the United States of America, the Attorney General and the Secretary of State are hereby ordered to exercise their authority, including that under the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101-1557)" -- a law passed by Congress.
8 USC § 1158 - Asylum -- a law passed by Congress
(a) Authority to apply for asylum
(1) In general Any alien who is physically present in the United States or who arrives in the United States (whether or not at a designated port of arrival and including an alien who is brought to the United States after having been interdicted in international or United States waters), irrespective of such alien’s status, may apply for asylum in accordance with this section or, where applicable, section 1225 (b) of this title.
(c) Asylum status
(1) In general In the case of an alien granted asylum under subsection (b) of this section, the Attorney General—
(A) shall not remove or return the alien to the alien’s country of nationality or, in the case of a person having no nationality, the country of the alien’s last habitual residence;
(B) shall authorize the alien to engage in employment in the United States and provide the alien with appropriate endorsement of that authorization; and
(C) may allow the alien to travel abroad with the prior consent of the Attorney General.
http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/8/1158