Border Patrol Is Supposedly About to Be Given the Authority It Needs to Handle the Border Crisis
There is a border crisis. Sorry Democrats, it’s an actual crisis. It’s been one for decades, which has reached fever pitch in recent months. Migrants are overwhelming border enforcement agents. The Department of Homeland Security, which recently underwent a shakeup, says it needs more money to handle this amount of migrants. The number of apprehensions has approached or reached into the six-figure territory on a monthly basis. Even The Washington Post and The New York Times have reported on the situation. CNN was forced to admit there’s a border crisis. Illegal aliens crossing the border interrupted Fox Business’ Maria Bartiromo’s interview with Border Patrol. They all come and claim asylum, which is part of the problem. Now, according to Anna Giaritelli of The Washington Examiner, there are reports that Border Patrol will soon be given on-the-spot authority to decide asylum claims:
The Department of Homeland Security is racing to implement a plan that would give federal law enforcement on the border the authority to conduct interviews with asylum seekers who fear returning to their home countries, according to two sources with first-hand knowledge of the plan.
Under the pending procedural change, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services officers would train Border Patrol agents on the southern border how to conduct “credible fear interviews,” which immigrants must pass to go on to claim asylum. Agents would conduct the interviews shortly after apprehending people who have illegally crossed from Mexico to the U.S
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