Migrants still being granted asylum after crossing border illegally — despite Biden tough talk

Migrants are still being approved to seek asylum and given free passes into the US after being caught illegally sneaking into the country, despite the Biden administration claiming they would be ejected and banned for five years, The Post has found.

Multiple sources including front-line border agents and the former mayor of El Paso — a Texas city which has been a flashpoint of the current migrant crisis — said the administration’s tough talk that anyone who turns up at the border requires an appointment made through the CBP One App is all bluster.

“They want to paint the picture that the only way in is with an appointment, but that’s not true,” A US Customs and Border Protection agent based in Texas told The Post.

The agent, who spoke on condition of anonymity, added he sees people arrested for illegally entering the country waved through “all the time.”

On the US side of the border The Post had no trouble finding a dozen migrants who had crossed the border illegally and handed themselves over to border patrol, been interviewed then released with papers to begin the asylum process.

Andres, a Venezuelan migrant who asked we not use his real name, showed his papers confirming he had cleared the initial steps and is now seeking asylum.

He stood among a group of migrants, some who had entered the US with a CBP One Appointment and others, like himself, who had rolled the dice and crossed illegally. “Look at me, I have the same paperwork as him even though he had an appointment and I didn’t,” Andres said pointing at a fellow migrant who entered the country with a CBP One appointment.

According to President Biden’s new rules introduced in May, Andres should have been kicked out of the US for entering without authorization, marked as ineligible for a special parole program for Venezuelans, and barred from the US for five years.

“If they attempt to cross into the United States unlawfully, they will be returned back to Mexico,” Pres. Biden said Jan. 5 when his administration first announced required use of the CBP One App.

“Do not — do not just show up at the border,” Biden continued. “Stay where you are and apply legally from there.

“If they arrive at our Southern Border, they will meet consequences,” Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said May 10, adding that some 83,000 migrants had used the app to seek asylum in the first four months of the year.

The Department of Homeland Security have also trumpeted CBP One’s success, saying it has led to less people trying to cross the border and doing so in an orderly fashion. It pointed to border figures from June which showed 144,600 encounters in total.

While about 45,000 of those encounters were with people who had CBP One appointments, 99,500 of them were others who were trying to illegally cross into the US between ports of entry.
 
Multiple sources said the administration’s tough talk that anyone who turns up at the border requires an appointment made through the CBP One App is all bluster.

When approached by The Post, CBP did not provide a statement about how often migrants who cross into the US illegally are released into the US to seek asylum.

In addition, at least 104,000 asylum-seekers are estimated to be waiting in Northern Mexico for a CBP One appointment.

https://nypost.com/2023/07/28/migrants-still-being-granted-asylum-after-crossing-border-illegally-despite-biden-tough-talk/

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