Federal judge blocks Biden’s controversial asylum policy in a major blow to administration

[Boiler 43,456]

https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/25/politics/biden-asylum-court-ruling/index.html

 

A federal judge on Tuesday blocked President Joe Biden’s controversial asylum policy, delivering a major blow to the administration, which has leaned on the measure to drive down border crossings. The judge put the ruling on hold for 14 days for a possible appeal.

The ruling against the Biden administration could have major implications on the US-Mexico border, where crossings have plummeted since the rollout of the asylum policy, among other measures. A Justice Department spokesperson told CNN that the department plans to appeal.

[Mike E 11,723]

Means more asylum seekers will die crossing illegally in the desert. 

 

I’ve been to Mexico several times in the past month. Asylum seekers using the CBP ports of entry are getting processed. And at the port I use, everybody waits in Mexico; U.S. citizen or not.

[JeanneAdil 6,203]

Those bused to NYC are getting DL and medicaid

this really upsets me when we went thru so much and spent a ton of money to do it legal

 

[TBoneTX 43,065]

1 hour ago, Mike E said:

at the port I use, everybody waits in Mexico; U.S. citizen or not

Do you have to wait in the same line as the asylees, or can USCs jump the line?

Do you mind revealing the port?

[Mike E 11,723]

58 minutes ago, TBoneTX said:

Do you have to wait in the same line as the asylees, or can USCs jump the line?

The pedestrian port of entry has a Sentri line and a regular line.

 

Both lines are on Mexican territory.

 

The asylum seekers sit or stand off to the side in Sentri line. Thus Sentri card holders are not impeded. 
 

The regular line is not impacted at all by asylum seekers.  They are well behaved and patient. They know they will get their turn.  It is a mix of young adults, parents with young kids, and older folks. I thought perhaps the line would grow to hundreds, but each day I see a the numbers fluctuate.   So I know asylum seekers are being processed and admitted. If they were not, no one would line up.
 

What I gather is that asylum seekers are interviewed and processed by CBP officers who do not process Sentri and regular entrants.

 

There is a one way turnstile right on the border, and a CBP officer controls who gets to enter the turnstile. 
 

When the CBP arrival hall on U.S. territory is full, everyone waits, with Sentri holders being serviced first until that line is empty.

 

It is orderly and safe. 

 

 

58 minutes ago, TBoneTX said:

Do you mind revealing the port?

This is the main port of entry for Nogales. We’ve been going there for dental treatments.

 

 

[TBoneTX 43,065]

56 minutes ago, Mike E said:

The pedestrian port of entry

Sounds similar to my usual one, a small pedestrian/vehicular port halfway between McAllen/Reynosa and Brownsville/Matamoros, popular with Winter Texans.  About 360 steps from U.S. turnstile to end of walkway (Mexico), and around 400 steps back.  Entering Mexico, pedestrians get a perfunctory x-ray bag check; drivers get a quick yet thorough vehicular search.  Exiting on foot, CBP glances to see that one has a U.S. passport at the international line.  Really only one line, which splits inside the port building for passport-holders versus those with other credentials.  CBP attitudes range from "pleasant enough" to "I'm lookin' to nail somebody."  Vehicles are admitted by roadway CBP agents, who can be VERY thorough.

 

About 2 or 3 years ago, several dozen well-behaved young-adult Cubans were camped on both sides of the walkway on the Mexican side.  I saw only about 5 children, belonging to some Central Americans mixed in.  The Cubans were well-to-do, with Coleman camping gear and wearing designer sportswear.  From the looks of the trash bins, they'd been having pizzas delivered from the U.S. side.  I learned later that everybody was sent to the Brownsville port and eventually admitted.  I heard separately that other illegals are now directed to either of the nearest larger ports.

 

I go to this Mexican town semiannually for dentist, medications, et al.  Sadly, I haven't visited the other smaller Tex-Mex ports in years.  I've been across all but two (Fort Hancock and the rather new Anzalduas).

 

I don't view this discussion as derailing the thread too badly; it's immigration-related.

[Family 3,483]

17 hours ago, Mike E said:

It is orderly and safe. 

They don’t get in without an online appointment w CBP . Thank you for sharing 

[Jason and May 69]

On 7/25/2023 at 6:27 PM, Mike E said:

Means more asylum seekers will die crossing illegally in the desert. 

 

I’ve been to Mexico several times in the past month. Asylum seekers using the CBP ports of entry are getting processed. And at the port I use, everybody waits in Mexico; U.S. citizen or not.

When I lived and work in Mexico, I went up north with my then girlfriend as a volunteer to provide crisis and stabilization services to refugees. I hadn't been to TJ for over 20 years. When I lived in Mexico, I lived farther south in BCS and never entertained the notion of going north. 

 

El Chaparral didn't look much different than the Balkans in '91-'92. Without nudging this thread into a discussion on immigration versus anti-immigration and instead just sharing my observation, what was and is heartbreaking to me are the mothers who will do absolutely anything for their children to have a chance at a better life than where they made their journey from: Honduras, El Salvador, and so on. It strikes me the comments I sometimes read or hear about, "Well, if they wanted them to be safe, they wouldn't drag them through...." That's blinders on.

 

Avoiding countertransference during those volunteer rotations were really difficult. I still have drawings from some of the kiddos. One of them has "[the little girl's name] and Jason BFFs" inside a heart. I see her face and smile in my mind, and I wonder if she's alive and safe. One of the striking things about those camps were that in many cases, you would see kiddos laughing and playing. The parents want that for them, and they do what they can to afford them happiness.  

I don't know what the answers are in terms of policy. That's one of many obvious reasons I'm not in politics. But I do know humanism, humanitarianism, and the thin grey line isn't so thin or grey. 

🤙🏾✌🏾

[TBoneTX 43,065]

6 minutes ago, Jason and May said:

just sharing my observation

You obviously have a good heart, dude.

[Jason and May 69]

14 minutes ago, TBoneTX said:

You obviously have a good heart, dude.

Thank you, TBone.

[Boiler 43,456]

Jason comments tie very much in with the coverage ( have seen.

 

However that does not make a good Asylum claim, I would expect most to be declined. Then what?

[TBoneTX 43,065]

4 hours ago, Boiler said:

I would expect most to be declined. Then what?

They're admitted anyway?

Asylum hearings take so long that they'll have established lives here, won't show up for their hearing, or both.

Edited July 27, 2023 by TBoneTX