Countries without borders aren't.
[I lived in San Diego for many years and had no problems with illegals but then almost all illegals were Mexicans seeking work. At one point my landlady hired two of them to help us dig leach lines for a septic system she was installing behind our house. They were good honest workers and although they spoke no English and I spoke no Spanish we got along with hand signals and demonstrations.
HOWEVER, in those days illegals were Mexicans here to earn some money and take it home. Nowadays whole families are coming to stay! And they're not just from Mexico, many are from South America. Also, a disturbing number of them are criminals fleeing prosecution in their own countries.
Countries without borders aren't.]
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government said Tuesday it has expanded a program requiring asylum-seekers to wait in Mexico while their cases proceed through immigration court. They also reported that 240 migrants seeking asylum have been returned to Mexico under the program.
Homeland Security officials said the program is now also at the Calexico port of entry, about 120 miles east of the San Ysidro port in San Diego, where it began in late January.
The Trump administration’s program is a major shift in how the U.S. handles the cases of immigrants seeking asylum and fleeing persecution in their homeland. It is being implemented as border arrests soared in February to a 12-year high and more than half of those stopped arrived as families, many of them asylum-seekers who generally surrender instead of trying to elude capture.
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More at:
https://www.apnews.com/2d1bfcd45e6143e5b9c9f467272812b0
HOWEVER, in those days illegals were Mexicans here to earn some money and take it home. Nowadays whole families are coming to stay! And they're not just from Mexico, many are from South America. Also, a disturbing number of them are criminals fleeing prosecution in their own countries.
Countries without borders aren't.]
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government said Tuesday it has expanded a program requiring asylum-seekers to wait in Mexico while their cases proceed through immigration court. They also reported that 240 migrants seeking asylum have been returned to Mexico under the program.
Homeland Security officials said the program is now also at the Calexico port of entry, about 120 miles east of the San Ysidro port in San Diego, where it began in late January.
The Trump administration’s program is a major shift in how the U.S. handles the cases of immigrants seeking asylum and fleeing persecution in their homeland. It is being implemented as border arrests soared in February to a 12-year high and more than half of those stopped arrived as families, many of them asylum-seekers who generally surrender instead of trying to elude capture.
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More at:
https://www.apnews.com/2d1bfcd45e6143e5b9c9f467272812b0
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