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IAmGoingToSleepNow t1_j6xq4y6 wrote

Reply to comment by drpvn in NYPD Sweeps Migrants from Manhattan Hotel Following Days of Protest by drpvn

Yup. That's the way it's done now. There's no risking your life to sneak across a desert anymore. Walk across the border and tell BP that you feared for your life. Free ride to town and off you go.

That's why 40% of asylum seekers don't bother showing up for their hearing.

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drpvn OP t1_j6xrca4 wrote

Unfortunately it takes 4-5 years before asylum claims are adjudicated.

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Curiosities t1_j6xu3wd wrote

Because the GOP refuses to adequately fund the system/migration courts. They want to keep their 'border crisis' strategy.

Not that underfunding of the courts is a one party problem. Getting a trial in NYC takes years at this point. Yet if the courts work as they need to, then certain people who love to prey upon those who don't know what bail reform actually is won't be able to use these things as wedge issues. At least not as effectively.

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spicytoastaficionado t1_j6xvx7l wrote

>Because the GOP refuses to adequately fund the system/migration courts. They want to keep their 'border crisis' strategy.

GOP doesn't support these bills because they come packaged with broad amnesty for millions of illegal immigrants. That is as much of a poison pill for the GOP as a republican bill including more funding for increased deportation would be a non-starter for Democrats.

There has not been a democrat-sponsored immigration bill introduced in the past 5+ years that did not include a multi-million person amnesty.

Democrats had a federal trifecta for 2 years, yet not a single immigration bill Schumer or Pelosi brought out for consideration was narrowly tailored to immigration court funding.

GOP leadership doesn't favor such "skinny" bills either, so they are also at-fault.

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Bangkok_Dangeresque t1_j73ga5b wrote

That's not how the policy works anymore.

You can't just roll up to border. There's an app used to file claims before departing, and if you just show up at port of entry without an appointment for your claim, or you are caught crossing the border illegally you get expelled back to Mexico, with some exceptions for unaccompanied minors, etc.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/05/us/politics/biden-border-crossings.html

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