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In December 2024, in the thread "Re: BRK: Why Not XOM?", BreckHutHigh asked the members: "What about the long road trips with kids?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Subject: Re: They say they don't want open borders...
Date: 01/09/24 2:55 PM
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How about this, any migrant caught on the US side of the border without the ability to show they came through a point of entry automatically loses their right to claim asylum and therefore can be immediately deported.

Again, you have to change the laws to do that. The executive can't just do that on their own.

Such a law isn't likely to pass Congress, either. You're thinking of random asylees today, but what drives the policy debate is a desire to avoid repeating the MS St. Louis incident - where a boatful of Jews seeking asylum from Nazi Germany was turned away. What differentiates asylum from regular immigration requests is that the asylee's home country is persecuting them, and might simply kill them if they are forced to go back. That's why asylees aren't deported until they get their hearing - because if they were at risk of being harmed in their home country, and you sent them back anyway until the hearing could happen, you've basically defeated the purpose of the hearing.

Wikipedia: MS St. Louis - Wikipedia

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