... Then HOW did some 9,000 people cross the last 4 years?
... Magic??
... CLOSE THE BORDER!
### Salty
Originally Posted by Salty Again
The 9 million number cited are encounters and cover all ports of entry.
They include legal and illegal entries.
They include
1. people temporarily in CBP custody, and given a court date for their asylum claim to be adjudicated (apprehensions)
AND
2. people who were denied entry and returned to either their home country or last country of transit (expulsions)
If someone shows up and is removed today and returns tomorrow, that's 2 encounters. Not 2 separate people. Lot of that goes on.
The first group are documented aliens until their case is adjudicated. Many will be eligible to work temporarily. It could take 180 day or up to 7 years for these folks to be processed. This is not illegal. This is how the process works. And the asylum process is enshrined in law and in the code of federal regulations. Unfortunately, some administrations have switched from LIFO to FIFO on how cases are addressed. Some have significantly reduced the number of immigration judges who preside over these cases. Massively, massively creating an entiely unnecessary backlog.
That backlog was supposed to be a disincentive, but it actually is a draw due to the dysfunction of the system
And none of these folks get to vote for president. Not for years. They first have to he approved for asylum. Then permanent residency. Then citizenship. And a significant majority aren't ultimately approved for asylum. We're not talking about millions per year. Far, far, far less than that.
Wanna break the backlog? Hire a massive surge of immigration judges, handle the cases on a FIFO basis and follow the process.
Don't agree with the process? Change the actual laws to be functional instead of letting administrations switch up policy as thry see fit, until they get sued over the changes and injunctions bars the chsnges from being fully implemented. Follow the actual law.
Right now, today, those laws require asylum applicants to come to the border. And right now, you can cross the border and as long as you apply for asylum within one year of entry you're following the rules.
Refugees apply via the consular process.
