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With Trump’s Tough Deterrents, Many Asylum Seekers on the Border are Giving Up
NY Times vis MSN ^
| 02/16/2019
| JOSE A. DEL REAL, CAITLIN DICKERSON and MIRIAM JORDAN
Posted on 02/16/2019 1:59:34 PM PST by SpeedyInTexas
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To: SpeedyInTexas
Democrats and Children harmed the most.
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posted on
02/16/2019 2:04:44 PM PST
by
tcrlaf
(They told me it could never happen in America. And then it did....)
To: SpeedyInTexas
Among those who have been dissuaded, at least for now, is Natali, 32, who asked to be identified only by her first name because she feared for her safety. Speaking from her modest apartment atop a steep hill in western Tijuana, she explained that she and her husband had fled their home in El Progreso, Honduras, after she witnessed a murder carried out by a local criminal gang. Soon after, she began to receive threats in the mail warning her to keep quiet.
Once in Mexico, they heard about the increasingly long odds of receiving asylum in the United States, and feared more than anything that officials there would return them to their home country. Rather than crossing the border, they decided to seek humanitarian visas to remain in Mexico legally for at least one year, and have slowly begun to build a life.
She still believes she might ask for asylum in the United States, but is realistic about her chances. I like Tijuana, she said. Its a very pretty city and theres a lot of work. More than anything, she fears the United States would deport her back to Honduras.
Work in Tijuana ... she speaks the local language ... safe from Honduran criminals. Sounds like a legitimate refugee who is in an appropriate spot.
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posted on
02/16/2019 2:04:47 PM PST
by
Dr. Sivana
(There is no salvation in politics.)
To: SpeedyInTexas
Uh...so clearly the don’t need asylum.
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posted on
02/16/2019 2:05:07 PM PST
by
rhombus10
To: SpeedyInTexas
Best election, best POTUS, evah!
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posted on
02/16/2019 2:06:49 PM PST
by
Jim Robinson
(Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God!)
To: SpeedyInTexas
MAGA!!! Finish the wall!!
A huge powerful wall will protect our borders.
It will also serve as a powerful deterrent, sending the message loud and clear: Dont even THINK about sneaking in illegally!
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posted on
02/16/2019 2:08:36 PM PST
by
RooRoobird20
("Democrats haven't been this angry since Republicans freed the slaves”)
To: Jim Robinson
If the “Wait In Mexico” policy survives court challenges, that will be a game changer.
Waiting in Mexico for months or years, will make them turn around and head home or just stay in Mexico permanently.
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posted on
02/16/2019 2:09:34 PM PST
by
SpeedyInTexas
(Localization, not Globalization)
To: SpeedyInTexas
Where did people get the idea that if things were tough in their own country, that we somehow owed them a fix for it?
Fix your own nation folks. Leave us the heck alone.
To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
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posted on
02/16/2019 2:10:26 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
To: SpeedyInTexas
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posted on
02/16/2019 2:13:05 PM PST
by
Fresh Wind
(Trump: "America will never be a socialist country!")
To: SpeedyInTexas
Trump is finessing the art of quick rebar/razor wire impediments. He needs to keep it up and get even better
To: SpeedyInTexas
Maybe Trump’s many, many FR enemies will STHU for ten minutes.
To: SpeedyInTexas
We need a powerful Jedi like Yoda to mind control them: “This isn’t the country you’re looking for”. “Go home, band together, and fight, kill, torture the bad guys; whatever it takes to get rid of the gangs”.
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posted on
02/16/2019 2:21:20 PM PST
by
Boomer
( Leftism is toxic poison to a free society.)
To: SpeedyInTexas
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posted on
02/16/2019 2:22:57 PM PST
by
SkyPilot
("I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6)
To: Boomer
“whatever it takes to get rid of the gangs”
Most of them aren’t fleeing gangs. That is their excuse to apply for asylum. Most are seeking better paying jobs.
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posted on
02/16/2019 2:23:29 PM PST
by
SpeedyInTexas
(Localization, not Globalization)
To: SpeedyInTexas
How many have been granted asylum since November 2018? Why don’t we have those numbers? And while youre at it, throw in the numbers of H1B visas since then.
Let’s have the whole story, not this whitewashed crap.
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posted on
02/16/2019 2:24:26 PM PST
by
momincombatboots
(Do you know anyone who isnÂ’t a socialist after 65? Freedom exchanged for cash.)
To: SpeedyInTexas
Good..I want these cockroaches to go back where they came from. The second they come to the border, tell them to turn their asses around! They are NOT coming here for a better life, they are coming here for the FREE Govt goodies they are promised by the Dems, food stamps, welfare, free housing, education, etc..and Dems ask in return ONE thing..their vote
To: momincombatboots
My understanding is that most aren’t granted asylum. Like 80-90% are rejected (who show up for their court hearing).
The bigger issue is that most don’t show up for their court hearing for asylum. They just disappear into the country...
That is why the Wait In Mexico initiative is so important. That policy is heading to court.
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posted on
02/16/2019 2:27:43 PM PST
by
SpeedyInTexas
(Localization, not Globalization)
To: SpeedyInTexas
TOTAL BS!!! They are trying to down play the NE declaration and the crisis on the border!! Move along nothing to see here... Let the brainwashing commence!! Where is Baghdad bob when you need him!!! Perfect meme!!
To: RoseofTexas
Agree.
In the mean time, another caravan is
on its way. There are also smaller
groups that have gotten thru in areas
like Antelope Wells, NM.
“The group was the 28th group of over 100 people apprehended in the El Paso sector since late October.”
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posted on
02/16/2019 2:42:13 PM PST
by
Lean-Right
(Eat More Moose)
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