BREAKING! TRUMP TAKES ACTION against migrant caravans!!!

El Trumpo has been threatening and hinting about this, but he’s finally done – here’s the new rule to ban migrants from qualifying for asylum if they enter illegally.

From Reuters:

“Our asylum system is overwhelmed with too many meritless asylum claims from aliens who place a tremendous burden on our resources, preventing us from being able to expeditiously grant asylum to those who truly deserve it,” Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen and Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker said in a joint statement.

“Today, we are using the authority granted to us by Congress to bar aliens who violate a Presidential suspension of entry or other restriction from asylum eligibility.”

I’m seeing a lot of people say he can’t do this legally, so it might be challenged in the courts.

From Politico:

The Trump administration on Thursday rolled out a fast-track regulation that will restrict the ability of certain migrants to seek asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border — a move that’s almost certain to trigger legal challenges and humanitarian backlash.

The administration issued a final interim rule that will bar certain migrants caught crossing the border between ports of entry. The regulation will be paired with a presidential proclamation that outlines the migrants subject to the asylum bar, administration officials said on a call with reporters. The officials would not detail who could be subject to the ban.

Very interesting – especially since the caravan was offered asylum in Mexico, and they refused it…


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