Local officials in Tijuana have complained that they have no resources to handle the growing number of migrants, who are growing restless amid reports that they will have to wait in Mexico for weeks or months while their asylum claims are being processed.
The Washington Post reported last week that the Trump administration had struck a deal with the incoming administration of Mexico's President-elect Andrés Manuel López Obrador that would require asylum seekers to wait in Mexico while their claims move through U.S. courts.
Out of 63,733 "Defensive" asylum claims filed-defensive claims are heard by an immigration judge as opposed to "Affirmative" claims that are heard in a non-courtroom setting-only 8,726 were granted, less than 14 percent.
For them, claiming asylum is simply a way to gain entry to the United States, where they can live and work while their cases wind through immigration court, a process that can take years.
Others simply abscond after bring admitted on a pending asylum claim, melting into an illegal immigration underground that is estimated to exceed 12 million people.
For one thing, it didn't distinguish between defensive and affirmative asylum claims, which is important because sometimes an asylum applicant will begin with an affirmative claim, get denied, then file a defensive claim while in the midst of deportation proceedings.
As for the "Catch and release" problem with asylum claims, he told me that what we really need are better immigration laws that make it easier for people to come here and work legally on a temporary visa as a guest worker.
http://thefederalist.com/2018/11/27/amid-tear-gas-border-clashes-migrant-crisis-arrives-america/
The Washington Post reported last week that the Trump administration had struck a deal with the incoming administration of Mexico's President-elect Andrés Manuel López Obrador that would require asylum seekers to wait in Mexico while their claims move through U.S. courts.
Out of 63,733 "Defensive" asylum claims filed-defensive claims are heard by an immigration judge as opposed to "Affirmative" claims that are heard in a non-courtroom setting-only 8,726 were granted, less than 14 percent.
For them, claiming asylum is simply a way to gain entry to the United States, where they can live and work while their cases wind through immigration court, a process that can take years.
Others simply abscond after bring admitted on a pending asylum claim, melting into an illegal immigration underground that is estimated to exceed 12 million people.
For one thing, it didn't distinguish between defensive and affirmative asylum claims, which is important because sometimes an asylum applicant will begin with an affirmative claim, get denied, then file a defensive claim while in the midst of deportation proceedings.
As for the "Catch and release" problem with asylum claims, he told me that what we really need are better immigration laws that make it easier for people to come here and work legally on a temporary visa as a guest worker.
http://thefederalist.com/2018/11/27/amid-tear-gas-border-clashes-migrant-crisis-arrives-america/
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