Platinum Contributing Member steve from amherst Posted January 30, 2019 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted January 30, 2019 The Trump administration began implementing a new hard-line immigration policy by sending a single asylum-seeker from Central America back to Tijuana, Mexico, to await his assigned court date later this year in San Diego. The first asylum-seeker to be returned to Mexico was a Honduran man identified as Carlos Catarlo Gomez. He appeared confused and scared by the throng of reporters waiting for him Tuesday on the Mexican side of the San Ysidro border crossing, according to the San Diego Union-Tribune. He was whisked away by Mexican authorities. Officially dubbed "Migrant Protection Protocols," the policy was announced by Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen last December. Administration officials initially called it a "Remain in Mexico" policy to deter the waves of asylum-seeking families fleeing mainly the Northern Triangle nations of Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras. Until now, asylum-seekers were allowed to remain in the U.S., pending their immigration court appearances. There is a backlog of 800,000 cases piled up in U.S. immigration courts. The number of migrants detained at the border is near its lowest level in decades, even as the number of asylum-see The new policy does not apply to unaccompanied minors or to asylum-seekers from Mexico, according to government documents. Once the program gets underway, about 20 asylum-seekers will be returned to Mexico each day, reports Jean Guerrero of NPR member station KPBS. Nielsen was at the border crossing Tuesday, but she made no public remarks. kers has doubled since 2015. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zambroski Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 You can literally hear the fake outrage and TDS moving up a couple more levels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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