Trump Admin Working to Grant Broader Authority to Border Patrol

The Trump administration is reportedly working to implement a plan that will give border patrol broader authority at the border.

The new policy will allow asylum seekers to have a determination made for them on the spot by border patrol.

According to The Washington Examiner:

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 firsthand 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.

The Trump administration is pushing to start agent training “ASAP,” according to one official.

The proposal has some downsides. For instance, there likely would be fewer Border Patrol agents performing law enforcement duties while undergoing training. But that would be offset by an overall decline of undocumented immigrants seeking refuge in the U.S.

The hope is that if people get deported expeditiously the number of asylum seekers will drop.


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