According to the article, they are waiting in tents for their opportunity to ask for asylum. As pointed out, once they ask, they are allowed to remain. With the proposed policy they would then need to go back to Mexico to wait.
But the operative word is that they aren’t being allowed to enter the U.S. en masse.
Why not? I saw a news video recently of a Mexican legislator who did just that - climbed an existing 30 foot wall with spikes, put a plank across the spikes, and sat there being interviewed.
And that “high tech” stuff? Not sure how its purchase could ever be justified, given that the President of the United States has declared it to be “meaningless bells and whistles”. I’m sure you don’t want your tax dollars going to meaningless bells and whistles, amirite?
“Without the Wall there can be no Border Security - the Tech “stuff” is just, by comparison, meaningless bells & whistles…”
There is no sign that they have implemented the policy… When they do, lawsuits will be filed and the courts will order the policy revised to allow those seeking asylum into the country based on a number of legal issues with this policy.
I agree the policy hasn’t been implemented. But that policy only deals with the few hundred each day that are allowed access to ask for that asylum. Once they do ask, under current regulations, they are allowed to remain.
There are still thousands waiting in Mexico for the opportunity to legally ask for asylum through a legal port of entry.
So we want to use the $5 billion to encourage and allow anyone and everyone who would come to our borders to exploit loopholes in our asylum law in a more expeditious manner?
The administration announced two weeks ago that they would be required to wait in Mexico for their hearings. What happened to that policy? Just an FYI, they are not required to ask for asylum at a port of entry…
Will a caravan of 3,000 illegals look for the highest steel barrier with spikes to climb or will they look for a border crossing with no physical barrier?