Washington – Migrants who entered the country illegally without allowing U.S. border agents to request legal protection, citing President Trump's extraordinary move to shut down the U.S. asylum system, according to internal government documents and agency officials. Has been ordered to be summarily deported.
Just hours after taking the oath, Mr Trump Applicable Presidential officials were given sweeping orders to bar the entry of immigrants deemed to be participating in the “invasion” of the United States, as well as those who pose a threat to public health or national security. He cited a provision of immigration law called 212(f) that allows presidents to suspend entry of aliens whose entry is deemed “detrimental” to the United States.
In the same proclamation, Mr Trump, citing his constitutional powers over foreign affairs, gave US immigration authorities the authority to “deport, deport, or remove any alien involved in an invasion at the southern border of the United States.”
Internal government documents indicate that, as of Tuesday night, the President's “full” 212(f) authority was being invoked at Texas' border with Mexico, subjecting nearly all migrants arriving there to expedited removal. It has been done. The documents cite public health-related 212(f) authority that applies “to aliens who travel to a country with a communicable disease.”
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Mr Trump's order also applies to Border Patrol coastal areas, including Florida and the US-Canada border. The documents indicate that Canadian authorities will be asked to accept people who cross the northern border illegally, beyond the asylum claimants the US and Canada already accept under “safe-third-country” agreements. Let's exchange.
Two Customs and Border Protection officials, who requested anonymity to discuss internal guidance, said migrants fleeing persecution would not be allowed to meet with an immigration judge or asylum officer under Mr. Trump's order. effectively suspends U.S. obligations under domestic and international law to ensure that people Have not returned to danger.
One of the officials said Border Patrol agents were instructed under presidential directives to rapidly deport migrant adults and families traveling with children after taking their biometrics and fingerprints. Migrants who are not from Mexico will be detained until their deportation.
The official said people with criminal histories could be prosecuted under a long-standing practice in the US.
The release of migrants in America has been largely halted. Internal government documents say requests to release migrants with court notices will need to be approved by Border Patrol headquarters and will only be considered in “life-threatening” situations.
The official said the new policy mirrors Title 42, a far-reaching order that the Trump administration first implemented at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic to expel most immigrants who entered the U.S. illegally. Had done. The order, based on a disputed public health argument that migrants would spread COVID-19, was ultimately shut down by the Biden administration, which had relied on the measure for more than two years amid record levels of migrant crossings.
The Biden administration enacted its own asylum ban last June, also citing 212(f) authorities. Although that order disqualified most migrants who crossed the southern border illegally from asylum, it still gave them the opportunity to plead their case to asylum officials if they feared harm after being deported. Fear was expressed.
Former President Joe Biden's asylum restrictions also had a major exemption: They did not apply to migrants waiting in Mexico, who use a government smartphone app to request a time to enter the U.S. at an official border entry point. Used to use what is known as CBP One.
But soon after Mr Trump's inauguration, his administration shut down the CBP One process and canceled all existing appointments under the app, which was allowing up to 1,500 migrants to enter the US each day.
While the Biden administration faced record numbers of migrant arrivals in its first three years, illegal border crossings declined sharply in 2024 after the Mexican government stepped up efforts to interdict those traveling to the US. Illegal crossings declined further after Biden's own asylum crackdown in June. Remained at its lowest level in four years.
Mr Trump's moves at the border are his unprecedented attempt to reverse birthright citizenshipThere is a possibility of facing legal challenges.
Lee Gelernt, who leads immigration litigation for the American Civil Liberties Union, said, “Simply put, this order ends asylum at the United States border for anyone fleeing danger, even “Also for the families of those persecuted on the basis of their religion or political speech.”
