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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump's "compromise"-bill on wall would basically wipe out the rights of asylum-seekers.
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Wow. Massive asylum restrictions is right. This bill appears to ban asylum for Central American Minors who try to apply at the US border! It says that if you're a CAM, you MUST apply in your country or you are ineligible for asylum. And then the bill sets a cap!
Under the so-called "compromise" bill, only 50k Central American Minors allowed to apply for asylum each year, and only 15k asylum applications can be granted. AND it wouldn't be done by immigration judges, it would be a totally nonreviewable DHS decision. And no judicial review!
And more! The DHS procedure for granting asylum would ALSO require a determination that granting asylum was "in the national interest," making asylum even HARDER. This is a sham of a sham that guts asylum protections for Central Americans and sets up a kangaroo process.
Under the so-called "compromise" bill, only 50k Central American Minors allowed to apply for asylum each year, and only 15k asylum applications can be granted. AND it wouldn't be done by immigration judges, it would be a totally nonreviewable DHS decision. And no judicial review!
And more! The DHS procedure for granting asylum would ALSO require a determination that granting asylum was "in the national interest," making asylum even HARDER. This is a sham of a sham that guts asylum protections for Central Americans and sets up a kangaroo process.
And much more. Long thread.
So, Trump's idea of compromising with the Democrats is by demanding EVEN MORE and then blaming them for refusing to budge.
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Trump's "compromise"-bill on wall would basically wipe out the rights of asylum-seekers. (Original Post)
DetlefK
Jan 2019
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sinkingfeeling
(51,274 posts)1. Democrats: just say ,"No"!
procon
(15,805 posts)2. Reads like dark fantasy that white supremacist Miller
would write. That's one sick and twisted man who daydreams about cruel punishments for immigrant children, placing them in jeopardy and deliberately making their lives miserable.
riversedge
(69,708 posts)3. I do not know how much more of this crap I can take.
damn. I do trust that the Democrats will hold their ground.
Gothmog
(143,998 posts)4. This is one of the goals of Stephen Miller
Miller wants to ban or restrict asylum seekers