Issued on: November 9, 2018
QUOTE
·
Illegal aliens will no longer get a free pass into our
country by lodging meritless claims in seeking asylum. Instead, migrants
seeking asylum will have to present themselves lawfully at a port of entry.
·
President Donald J. Trump
· PROTECTING OUR
NATIONAL SOVEREIGNTY: President Donald J. Trump is taking action to ensure
asylum is not a free pass to cross our borders illegally without consequence.
- President
Trump is using the authority granted to him by the Immigration and
Nationality Act to manage and protect the integrity of our immigration
system and our national sovereignty.
· Section
212(f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act states plainly: “Whenever the
President finds that the entry of any aliens or of any class of aliens into the
United States would be detrimental to the interests of the United States, he
may by proclamation, and for such period as he shall deem necessary, suspend
the entry of all aliens or any class of aliens as immigrants or nonimmigrants,
or impose on the entry of aliens any restrictions he may deem to be
appropriate.”
· Section
215(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act similarly states: “Unless
otherwise ordered by the President, it shall be unlawful for any alien to
depart from or enter or attempt to depart from or enter the United States
except under such reasonable rules, regulations, and orders, and subject to
such limitations and exceptions as the President may prescribe.”
· Just
this June, the Supreme Court upheld the President’s broad statutory authority
to implement entry restrictions.
- President
Trump is signing a proclamation declaring that migrants seeking asylum
along the southern border must present themselves lawfully at a port of
entry.
- Those
who arrive at a port of entry will remain eligible for asylum.
· UPHOLDING THE RULE OF
LAW: The Trump Administration is rightfully and fully restoring the rule of law
on our southern border.
- Yesterday,
the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of Justice
(DOJ) jointly issued a new rule to ensure aliens who are subject to the
kind of proclamation that the President is issuing are not eligible for
asylum.
- The
joint rule, when paired with the Presidential proclamation, means that any
alien who illegally enters our country will be ineligible for asylum.
- These
bold actions will ensure that those seeking asylum respect our laws and
our borders.
· RESPONDING TO THE
BORDER CRISIS: Our Nation is experiencing an unprecedented crisis on our
southern border, driven in part by fraud and abuse that has overwhelmed our
asylum system.
- Our
overwhelmed asylum system is contributing to this growing crisis by encouraging
aliens with meritless claims to illegally cross our border, claim
“credible fear,” and then be released.
