Editorial: Trump's asylum rule prevents open border

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Editorial: Trump's asylum rule prevents open border
Detroit News, Jul 20, 2019

The Trump administration last week put a new asylum rule in place that aims to stem the tide of migrants who are overwhelming the southern border — and U.S. resources.

Until Congress steps in with a substantial immigration overhaul, the administration is left with few other options.

The rule, published in the Federal Register, states that asylum seekers who pass through another country before reaching the U.S. border won’t be eligible for asylum. Migrants from Central America, who must first pass through Mexico, will be most impacted by the change.

Not surprisingly, the rule is already facing legal challenges, including from the ACLU, which is calling it an “asylum ban” and a violation of domestic and international law.

But is it?

The rule does allow for several exceptions, such as for human trafficking victims and asylum seekers denied protection from a country they've already passed through.

And the rationale for the new policy is sound.

“The United States is a generous country but is being completely overwhelmed by the burdens associated with apprehending and processing hundreds of thousands of aliens along the southern border," Attorney General William Barr said in a statement. "This Rule will decrease forum shopping by economic migrants and those who seek to exploit our asylum system to obtain entry to the United States — while ensuring that no one is removed from the United States who is more likely than not to be tortured or persecuted on account of a protected ground.”


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Until Congress steps in with a substantial immigration overhaul, the administration is left with few other options.

Even though it's going to the courts, this President is still thinking outside the box for workarounds an intransigent Congress and out of control courts to control our borders.

God bless him.