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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Forgive me for this naive question,  but why are the laws/policies not being introduced that would let the “asylum seekers” to be turned away? Also There is a “wait in Mexico” program, but is it only at the California checkpoints? I have read that the border agents and facilities are so overwhelmed that large numbers of “asylum seekers” are being released into the us without even having been processed, which supposedly means it’s like an officially blessed illegal entry? 
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Yes, this is absolutely correct.  And now that word has gotten out, expect even more "asylum seekers" to arrive, knowing they'll be released within a few days, free to go on their way within the U.S.

EL PASO —  The nation’s top border official warned that the U.S. immigration enforcement system along the nation’s southern boundary is at “the breaking point” and said Wednesday that authorities are having to release migrants into the country after cursory background checks because of a crush of asylum-seeking families with children. 
Kevin McAleenan, the commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, said that for the first time in more than a decade, his agency is “reluctantly” performing direct releases of migrants, meaning they are not turned over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement, they are not detained, they are not given ankle bracelets to track their movements and they are allowed to leave with just a notice to appear in court at a later date.
[b]He said that this is a “negative outcome” but that it is “the only current option we have” because of overcrowding at detention facilities as Central Americans stream to the border knowing they will be able to gain entry with asylum claims.[/b]
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/us-has-hit-breaking-point-at-border-amid-immigration-surge-customs-and-border-protection-commissioner-says/2019/03/27/d2014068-5093-11e9-af35-1fb9615010d7_story.html?utm_term=.f88195926e1b[/quote]

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