If you guys didn't want people to apply for refugee status then why did you sign the Geneva Convention? It's a legal process that the US signed onto. They can apply, and many are refused and sent back legally at the end of the process. Those with legitimate claims stay.
Those people are making legal claims as per international law, that the US agreed to along with 200 other countries. It's been a legal process in the US since 1882.
The hypocrisy.of bitching about law and order while working to circumnavigate it is striking. At the end of the day I don't think anyone is surprised when the US doesn't stick to its promises or obligations while simultaneously claiming victim.
What's even worse is that many of these refugees come from areas that have been severely negatively impacted by US foreign policy.
The US-backed coup in Honduras ten years ago spawned a maelstrom of violence that terrorized ordinary Hondurans and forced caravans of migrants to flee the country. It was just another instance of US imperialism wreaking havoc on the world.
In case you haven't noticed, Mexico is considered a safe place from which to apply for entry to the US, by people from Central America. Refugees can, and regularly do apply for entry to the US from Mexico.
Massive overcrowding at Border Patrol facilities is now being reported with figures showing 500% occupancy over the COVID-19 adjusted capacity.
The detention capacity recommendations are used to provide front-line agents and migrants with a safe environment during the pandemic.
Until Biden took office, migrants who had not applied legally were swiftly returned to Mexico under a CDC emergency order.
Many migrants, including family units, were returned within two hours of crossing.
Biden's watering down the application of the CDC order is now resulting in overcrowding.
Under Biden, detention times are stretching, particularly for families with young children, unaccompanied minors, and pregnant females.
There are more than 6,700 migrants in Border Patrol custody across the United States as of Tuesday.
Mexico is now complaining about the surge being exploited by cartels and people smugglers.
The "kids in cages" was a constant anti-Trump cry, so why the deafening silence when it's now even worse under Biden?
