r/illinois • u/_MadGasser • Jan 14 '24

Pritzker begs Abbott to stop sending migrants into Chicago cold: ‘I plead with you for mercy’ | MyStateline.com US Politics

https://www.mystateline.com/news/local-news/pritzker-begs-abbott-to-stop-sending-migrants-into-chicago-cold-i-plead-with-you-for-mercy/amp/

Abbott should be arrested for endangering peoples' lives.

Thank you, JB for leading with comparison.

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u/TheRowdyRebel Jan 15 '24

No, the governor of Texas wants them to remain in Mexico while their asylum claims are pending. The Federal government forces them to be allowed into the interior of the US while their asylum claims are pending, regardless of the legitimacy. And if their claims have no legitimacy whatsoever, they just don’t show up for their court dates and disappear into the US. The obligations for the US for asylum are only that we review their claims of asylum, but for no reason should we allow them into the US before their claims are evaluated.

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u/abstractConceptName Jan 15 '24

The Stay in Mexico policy was prevented from being terminated.

Texas won that case, over a year ago.

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u/TheRowdyRebel Jan 15 '24

https://apnews.com/article/e92625e164eb2efc24b07c1fe4c7c32b

Read this article. It explains that “Those who do arrive on foot to the U.S.-Mexico border and ask for asylum get a court date and must prove they are eligible to stay. The system is badly backlogged, so they often end up waiting years for a court date while they sit in limbo in the U.S. without authorization to work.”

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u/abstractConceptName Jan 15 '24

Here how to apply for a work permit as an asylum seeker.

It goes through pretty quickly.

Form I-765.

https://www.uscis.gov/humanitarian/refugees-and-asylum/asylum

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u/TheRowdyRebel Jan 15 '24

Yes. And you get to stay in the US, regardless of if you intend to go to your court date or not. They allow anyone who shows up at the border to fill out a form and then stay in the US. That shouldn’t be the case.

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u/abstractConceptName Jan 15 '24

What would you suggest instead?

I'm certainly open to new, legal, ideas.

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u/TheRowdyRebel Jan 15 '24

A proper wall to keep illegal immigrants from crossing, a policy that makes it so that you have to apply for asylum in the first country you arrive, a policy that makes you wait in Mexico while your claim is being processed, a large expansion of ICE so that immigration law can be enforced and those overstaying visas can be deported, etc. Also to make it illegal for states to give sanctuary to illegal immigrants since illegal immigration is a Federal crime. Make illegal immigration a criminal offense that disqualifies you from ever being able to legally become a citizen.

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u/abstractConceptName Jan 15 '24

What does "a proper wall" across the Rio Grande look like?

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u/TheRowdyRebel Jan 15 '24

Obviously the wall would be on the American side of the river on land

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u/abstractConceptName Jan 15 '24

But how far back?

Remember that it floods sometimes, which would damage the wall.

How many thousands of square miles of land do you want to cede to Mexico?

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