Saturday, July 19, 2014

Illegal Immigrant Children at the Border

The Washington Times says that newly two-thirds of unaccompanied illegal immigrant children requesting asylum this year have had their initial applications approved by the "Asylum Officer".
What is an Asylum Officer?
There are eight Asylum Offices in the US. Asylum Officers conduct interviews with applicants for asylum at the eight US Asylum Offices, and also travel around the country performing asylum interviews at other government offices. The number of Asylum Officers is not easily determined, but last year there were 21 open positions for Asylum Officer.
Therefore, when it is stated that two thirds of the illegal immigrant children have been approved for asylum by the Asylum Officer, this is a misrepresentation.
Let's go a little further.
Asylum Officers work for the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, which is a component of the United States Department of Homeland Security. The Director of Homeland Security is a cabinet position reporting to Pres. Obama. Therefore, Pres. Obama calls the shots on what Asylum Officers are supposed to do.
The House Judiciary Committee suggests that according to the operations of the US Citizenship and Immigration Services, those kids surging across the border who ask to stay will likely be able to gain admission to the U.S.
Why only two thirds approved for staying in the US, rather than all of them? Unclear. It's probably a political maneuver on the part of the Obama Administration.
The Obama Administration is claiming that the children are fleeing dangerous conditions that they cannot return to, and is signaling that it will be far tougher to deport most of the children.
Baloney. "Dangerous conditions" is a fact of life in the world, and compared to the United States, probably 90% of the world population is living under dangerous conditions. Does this mean we should be accepting asylum from all that 90% that might apply?
With respect to "far tougher to deport most of the children", that's also baloney. What could be simpler than putting them on an airplane and sending them back to their home countries. Let's remember they are not US citizens and are not entitled to court hearings or other mishmash that would normally delay their return to home countries.

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