Acting AG Whitaker Promotes 'Lawful' Immigration
Published:
Wed, Dec 12th 2018 @ 9:00 am EST
Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker called for increased border security and changes to asylum law in a speech to the local Department of Justice office in Austin, Texas on Tuesday. Whitaker said the United States needs to close up loopholes that allow illegal aliens to falsely claim asylum in the United States, allowing them to stay in the United States for an extended period of time.
"Asylum is only for those who fear persecution on the basis of their race, religion, nationality, political opinion, or membership in a particular social group," Acting AG Whitaker said. "But what happened is that word got out that you could game the system. People found out that you could apply for asylum and then get a work authorization in the United States while you waited for a court date. That might take years—and you could disappear before that ever happened anyway."
Whitaker also noted that most asylum claims are coming from citizens of the Central American countries of Honduras, El Salvador, and Guatemala, but "only about nine percent of asylum claims from Northern Triangle nationals are actually granted every year."
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