No. of Recommendations: 4
Are you telling me the Admin has no control over the procedure the immigrant uses. Does each immigrant get to define his own port of entry?
The legislation actually nails down this detail?Yep. 8 USC 1158(1)(a):
"Any alien who is physically present in the United States or who arrives in the United States
(whether or not at a designated port of arrival and including an alien who is brought to the United States after having been interdicted in international or United States waters), irrespective of such alien’s status, may apply for asylum in accordance with this section or, where applicable, section 1225(b) of this title."
law.cornell.edu: 8 U.S. Code § 1158 - Asylum | U.S. Code | US LawUnlike virtually every other immigration application, the U.S. Code
explicitly allows asylum requests from anyone who is physically present in the U.S. regardless of how they entered. For almost any other immigration application, arriving outside of a port of entry and crossing the border illegally disqualifies you from the request. But not asylum. Says so right in the statute.
