(04-09-2019, 04:10 PM)jagibelieve Wrote:

(04-09-2019, 12:21 PM)mikesez Wrote: Current policy doesn't resemble open borders.  Ask the people herded under overpasses if they think the borders are open.
This aspect is unpleasant, but lawful.  Detention while an asylum claim is adjucated is par for the course.
The president allegedly ordered CBP employees to stop letting asylum seekers cross, while letting documented people and goods continue to cross.  
Would that amount to an unlawful order?

The thing is, what is "asylum"?  People fleeing an abusive government (North Korea) or people fleeing poverty (Venezuela)?

Contrary to popular belief, the illegal aliens (immigrants) coming across the border are not here because they are fleeing a hostile government, they are here (allegedly) to live a better life.  It's not just maids or farm labor coming across the border.  The illegals coming through both ports of entry and by other means are not good.

This article will be dismissed by the usual liberals, but it does give a good picture of what/whom is coming across.  https://www.foxnews.com/politics/border-...nde-valley

"Asylum" is usually interpreted as a request to legally remain in the jurisdiction you've entered because you have a credible fear of great harm if you're returned to your home jurisdiction. If Mrs. Bender pulls out a shotgun and tells me that I've left dishes in the sink for the last time, I'd probably go to my neighbor's house and request asylum.

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