Republican Senator Lindsey Graham from South Carolina on Wednesday, May 15, announced a proposed bill that would end asylum claims from Central America at the border and return unaccompanied minors to their home countries. This proposed legislation is precisely what is needed to stop the current immigration crisis.
The proposed bill would end asylum claims by Central Americans with children at the U.S. border, and require that they apply at refugee processing centers set up in Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador (known as the Northern Triangle) and in Mexico. People from these countries are overwhelming the immigration system by crossing into the U.S. and claiming asylum, being assigning a court date for their hearing on the claim, and then most disappear and never show up for their interview. These “migrants” then become illegal aliens in America.
Graham’s proposed bill would also allow unaccompanied minors to be returned to their country of origin, which Graham said would be treating them the same as minors from Canada and Mexico. Currently, juveniles and their “families” (real or fake) are detained temporarily and then released into the U.S.
Senator Graham accurately describes the situation when he says, “No matter how high the wall will be built, how many drones you have, no matter how many agents you have in the border, they’ll keep coming because they want to get caught.” He also said that until these loopholes are dealt with, other border security measures and funding, including a wall, are pointless because the illegal aliens are merely walking in and declaring asylum.
Whereas illegal aliens ran away from the Border Patrol in the past, now Central Americans, particularly minors and those with children, walk up to an agent and claim asylum. Information about this tactic of entering the U.S. has spread throughout the world, and most aliens are now crossing and claiming asylum.
Senator Graham’s proposed legislation is a significant first step to controlling the immigration crisis on the southern border. We must stop rewarding all illegal immigration, especially those with fake families and false claims of asylum.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/graham-unveils-bill-to-end-asylum-claims-at-us-border-return-unaccompanied-minors-to-home-countries