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Trump
signs order denying asylum to illegal migrants, as caravan approaches
US
RT,
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November, 2018
President
Trump has signed an immigration order requiring asylum seekers to
make their claim at their point of entry to the US, and barring
illegal immigrants from requesting asylum.
“We
need people in our country but they have to come in legally and they
have to have merit,” Trump
told reporters on Friday, before departing for Paris.
The order comes
after weeks of Trump promising to crack down on illegal immigration,
as a caravan of several thousand migrants makes its way toward the
southern US border from Central America. The caravan is currently
around 600 miles from the United States.
Our military is being mobilized at the Southern Border. Many more troops coming. We will NOT let these Caravans, which are also made up of some very bad thugs and gang members, into the U.S. Our Border is sacred, must come in legally. TURN AROUND!
The
directive is a temporary measure, and circumvents current laws that
state anyone who applies for asylum in the US is eligible to have
their case heard, no matter whether they arrived legally or
illegally.
Within
hours of Trump’s announcement, the American Civil Liberties Union
(ACLU) filed a lawsuit in a federal court in California, seeking to
block the rules from going into effect. ACLU attorney Lee Gelernt
said the new rules would put families in danger, according to AP.
Those
denied asylum under the new order will still be able to apply for
'withholding of removal' - a limited form of asylum that doesn't
allow for green cards or family members to join the applicant; or
asylum under the United Nations Convention Against Torture. In
both cases, the applicant has to demonstrate a credible threat if
they were to return home.
It
forms one part of the president’s latest efforts to tighten border
security and clamp down on immigration. Before the midterm elections,
Trump mulled ending birthright
citizenship - the policy that ensures all children born on US soil
are automatically citizens - by executive order.
“We’re
the only country in the world where a person comes in and has a baby,
and the baby is essentially a citizen of the United States for 85
years with all of those benefits,” Trump
told Axios. “It’s
ridiculous. It’s ridiculous. And it has to end.”
Any
executive order ending birthright citizenship would likely provoke a
Constitutional debate and be challenged in the Supreme Court, as
birthright citizenship is currently guaranteed under the 14th
Amendment of the US Constitution, according to judicial precedent.
In
addition to policy changes, Trump has also beefed up the physical
security of the 2,000-mile-long US border with Mexico.
Over
5,200 US troops have been sent to the border to erect razor-wire
fences and provide surveillance and logistical support to the
National Guardsmen and Customs and Border Patrol agents already
there.
The
president said last week that “anywhere
between 10,000 and 15,000 military personnel” may
be deployed to
the border, if the current contingent is not enough.
Trump
also underscored that anyone who does cross the US border illegally
will be detained in “tent
cities” and
other immigration detention facilities, as “we’re
not doing releases” anymore.
Trump has been a long time critic of the Obama administration’s
‘catch and release’ policy, under which apprehended immigrants
would be released and asked to return for a court hearing at a later
date. Unsurprisingly, many do not.
Any executive order ending birthright citizenship would likely provoke a Constitutional debate and be challenged in the Supreme Court, as birthright citizenship is currently guaranteed under the 14th Amendment of the US Constitution, according to judicial precedent.
ReplyDeleteNO IT IS NOT The 14th amendment was for post civil war slaves, and native Americans,