Harvey wrote:Understood how each of you stand !
Thank you..
Be safe !
It isn't where we stand but where the law stands. It is why there are secondary checkpoints north of the boarder. As long as the present themselves to immigration officials they are not breaking the law. If they try and proceed north of the secondary check point it can be presumed that they had no intention of reporting.
It is a direct response to slowing to a trickle, the number allowed to present at a "normal" crossing. IF we had invested in immigration judges and personnel the back log wouldn't be so great.
Those that come across want to stay, and stay with all the perks of being here legally, being able to get a job and not have to hide. One way to do that is through the asylum statute. That requires that the claims be reviewed as established by law, and those that meet the requirements be allowed in and those that do no be deported. Some one who presents at the boarder (either at a crossing or elsewhere), it will take about 10 years to have the case resolved, that is why we have a problem. People have always flocked to this country, but we have not kept up with the need for immigration judges or courts.
It isn't a Dem or Rep issue, neither side has addressed it in decades, and still refuse to do so.