Asylum rule changed for the better

Congressional Democrats refuse to close loopholes in our political asylum system that has triggered a crisis at our southern border, the Departments of Justice and Homeland Security issued a joint Interim Final Rule (IFR) baring those who enter, or attempt to enter, the United States illegally seeking political asylum but went though a safe third country and did not apply for asylum. This interim rule, authorized by Congress in section 208(b)(2)(C) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, adds a new bar for asylum seekers and includes three limited exceptions:

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  an alien who can show that he/she applied in a safe third country for asylum for protection from persecution and can show a final judgment of being denied by that country
• an alien who can clearly show that he/she satisfies the definition of “victim of a severe form of trafficking in persons” provided in 8 C.F.R. § 214.11; or,
• an alien who has made their way through only a country or countries that were not parties to the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees, the 1967 Protocol, or the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.

Records have shown that only 11 percent of asylum seekers get their claims granted, the other 89 percent just remain in the U.S. illegally, figuring there is little chance of removal. As of now the back-log in our courts shows 900,000 pending asylum cases, and since we have a limited time to hold them, most are on our streets now free to do what they want, this is unfair for those who are trying to get here the legal way and are enduring persecution in their country.

The Departments of Justice and Homeland Security are lawfully exercising authority provided by Congress with this badly needed rule change. No one will be denied if they truly need asylum. This abuse of our asylum system not only hurts us economically but undermines many of the humanitarian purposes of asylum.

Rescues by United States Border Patrol

The United States Border Patrol continue to monitor areas in an attempt to preserve human life while maintaining our national security.

On June 24, Border Patrol agents observed a father and small child attempting to cross the Rio Grande River near the  Eagle Pass Port of Entry. As they were wading across the water, agents saw the child, holding the hand of her father, struggling to stay afloat. The fast-flowing water submerged the child several times. Agents moved in quickly with their patrol boat and pulled the father and child aboard their vessel.

An EMT agent was on scene to evaluate both the father and child, both Honduran nationals. The father declined medical attention. The two-year-old child was transported to the Fort Duncan Regional Medical Center for further evaluation as a precaution. After being released from the hospital, both father and child were processed per CBP guidelines.

Two illegal aliens are alive today thanks to the quick action of two U.S. Army soldiers and the U.S. Border Patrol. The pair were rescued from canal waters on the U.S. border in El Paso on June 20. One soldier jumped into the water to rescue the woman and her child, while the other used his shirt as a makeshift lifeline until U.S. Border Patrol agents arrived and threw them a rescue line. The soldiers and Border Patrol agents safely rescued the pair and no injuries were reported.

Just after midnight June 20, U.S. Border Patrol agents in the El Paso Sector were contacted by the Mexican Consulate regarding a lost group of illegal aliens. The consulate informed agents that a group of illegal aliens had to contact their office to seek rescue because they were in distress with no food or water. The Mexican Consulate was able to provide agents with coordinates of the general location where they believed the aliens were. Border Patrol agents from the Deming Border Patrol Station were dispatched to the area. After an exhaustive and strenuous search, agents found the group in the middle of the Cedar Mountains, southwest of Deming. This particular area is very mountainous and still very far from any major roads or cities.

The group, made up of five adult Mexican nationals, was provided a field medical screening, and cleared for transport to the Deming Border Patrol Station. Upon arrival at the station, the group was also given a more thorough medical examination by emergency medical personnel. All five subjects were found to be healthy and did not require any additional medical attention.

Child smuggling on border and no one is talking now

On May 7, 2019, Guiza-Reyes was observed by U.S. Border Patrol wading across the Rio Grande River from Mexico into the U.S. near Hidalgo, Texas, carrying an infant child.

Amilcar Guiza-Reyes, a 51-year old citizen and national of Honduras, who was previously deported in 2013, made an initial appearance in federal court in the Southern District of Texas May 10, charged with 8 USC 1324 alien smuggling for allegedly smuggling a 6-month-old infant across the U.S.-Mexico border.

He initially claimed to the U.S. Border Patrol agents that the infant was his son. However, after presenting a fraudulent Honduran birth certificate at the Central Processing Center in McAllen, Texas, he was referred to HSI special agents for interview and further investigation. He later admitted to the HSI special agents that he obtained the child’s fraudulent document to show him as the father and that he intended to use the child to further his unlawful entry in to the U.S.

So were is the outrage? No marching in the street , No media attention here. Don't hear Democrats, Leftist or anyone else yelling about this like they did about children in cages. This just proves that all that yelling was just to make people mad at President Trump - who by the way had noting to do with children in cages, Obama was the one who had set up the cage process but nobody care back then either.

This is what HSI is doing under the Trump administration -

Cases like this one have led HSI to step up investigations into similar cases of fraud involving children. In recent months, HSI has deployed 130 personnel to the border, including special agents, forensic interview specialists, document examiners and victim assistance specialists, in an effort to combat this phenomenon.

Last week, HSI conducted a brief DNA testing pilot as an additional investigative tool in this endeavor. HSI is still assessing the results of the pilot, but the technology has already been used to identify cases of fraudulent families and has served as a deterrent.

Between mid-April and May 10, HSI special agents interviewed 562 family units who presented indicia of fraud. Of those interviewed, 95 fraudulent families were identified. More than 176 fraudulent documents or claims have also been uncovered.

“Our goals remain twofold: One, to protect children from being smuggled across the border by ensuring they are with their parents and not being used as pawns by individuals attempting to exploit immigration loopholes,” said HSI Acting Executive Associate Director Alysa Erichs. “And two, to identify and stop the criminal organizations that are generating false documents and supporting child smuggling.” “Cases like this demonstrate the real danger that exists to children in this disturbing new trend, and while we have seen egregious cases of smugglers renting and recycling children, this case involving a six-month-old infant is a new low – and an unprecedented level of child endangerment.”

The adults involved in this fraud will be presented to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) for federal prosecution for family fraud related crimes including: immigration crime, identity and benefit fraud, alien smuggling, human trafficking and child exploitation.

https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/fraudulent-family-case-involving-6-month-old-represents-new-level-child-endangerment

U.S. Border Patrol agents investigate stash houses

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On Thursday U.S. Border Patrol agents working the Rio Grande Valley Sector in Texas collaborate with the Starr County High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area task force to identified a stash house operating in Roma, Texas. Once inside the house they found eight illegal aliens from the countries of Mexico and Guatemala. All individuals were processed accordingly.

This Friday was very busy for deputies from the Webb County Sheriff's Office as they executed an arrest warrant at a known stash house on Garfield Street in Laredo, Texas. As they searched the house they encountered eight male individuals as U.S. Border Patrol agents arrived on the scene. The agents conducted immigration inspections on the individuals, who were determined to be illegally in the United States from the country of Guatemala. The stash house caretaker, a Mexican national, was determined to be illegally in the United States and was arrested. All individuals were processed accordingly. 

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Meanwhile in down in Progreso, Texas, U.S. Border Patrol agents working the Weslaco station witnessed a man trying to smuggle several bundles of narcotics that were loaded onto his vehicle near the bank of the Rio Grande. He then drove north to exploit one of the gaps in the border wall. The driver, a 23-year-old United States citizen, was arrested by the agents when they did a vehicle stop. The four bundles of marijuana, estimated at over 300 pounds, along with the vehicle were seized.

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