The Trump administration began implementing a new hard-line immigration policy by sending a single asylum-seeker from Central America back to Tijuana, Mexico, to await his assigned court date later this year in San Diego.
The first asylum-seeker to be returned to Mexico was a Honduran man identified as Carlos Catarlo Gomez. He appeared confused and scared by the throng of reporters waiting for him Tuesday on the Mexican side of the San Ysidro border crossing, according to the San Diego Union-Tribune. He was whisked away by Mexican authorities.
Officially dubbed “Migrant Protection Protocols,” the policy was announced by Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen last December. Administration officials initially called it a “Remain in Mexico” policy to deter the waves of asylum-seeking families fleeing mainly the Northern Triangle nations of Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras.
Until now, asylum-seekers were allowed to remain in the U.S., pending their immigration court appearances.
Good! because you got about 40 million to boot out. Get it done before the next election and the republic just might stand a chance.
One? Just one?
What do you call a single illegal shipped back across the border?
A start…
“He appeared confused and scared by the throng of reporters…”
Oh but he wasn’t confused and scared when he tried to hop the fence, though.
The success of this move depends entirely on Mexico.
I’m wanting to see how it works out there and how they handle it as the next few caravans arrive, it is going to be a strain on their resources along the border and AMLO and the local people may end up doing something about it we don’t want them to be doing (unless we give them lots and lots of money for it).