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They are literally going to the border to claim asylum, which is legal. Most want a shot at legal immigration. This is not rocket science. If you were in their shoes you would be doing the same. Just so happens you are on the other side of the border and luckier and privileged. I will repeat what I said... I don’t blame anyone trying for a better life. I have heard one too many horror stories from my husband and his family and yes they came here legally but what makes you think others are not trying to do the same? To claim asylum you need to go to the border, which is what they are TRYING to do. Despite the constant threads I keep seeing that claim they are “intruders”, “criminals” etc that’s just wrong. In fact most immigrants are willing to work hard to earn a living and contribute to society. That often gets overlooked.
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((*HINT* You know nothing about me. Not how my luck has played out, nor how privileged you believe my life has been. So I would suggest you try not and go down that road.))
What we've been seeing is hardly any of that at all. If they present themselves at the crossings and declare their intent to seek asylum there on the spot, then that is by all means no issue. However a majority of these people who are declaring asylum, are the ones who get caught in the attempt of crossing the border. Which I don't know if you've checked lately, makes them a criminal in the eyes of our legal system.
We can have sob stories about what these people are fleeing and where they are coming from all we want. But the issue remains that we just don't know and the more we looking into these groups, like the caravan that just recently arrived. We can see that not all of them are fleeing the same things as someone else that may be in worse conditions. Even that young child that was plastered on TIME magazine for over a month, turned out to be a whole hearted lie. Her mother had kidnapped her, paid the smugglers to get her across the border and all for what, a job?
She left her husband and two older children behind. A husband, mind you. That had a decent job and was able to support her and her children. Yet she snatched one up and traveled to America, only to be caught at the border.
I am not saying that there aren't people who need to actually come here for asylum. But the way things have been going, those numbers are mostly likely more skewed in favor of those just looking for free crap at this point.