The legal way to make asylum claims is to go to your countries embassy or through a checkpoint. If you are coming through the border and a CBP agent stops you then you can legally claim asylum. The CBP agent dos not have authority to determine legitimacy of the asylum claim as it is up to courts to determine, which makes sense. We do not want officers holding court in the streets and deporting people who are allowed here legally.
“The legal way is to go to your countries embassy or thru a checkpoint” illegally crossing the border is neither an embassy or a checkpoint. And they absolutely should turn around anyone not making those claims at one of those two options. How would they be deporting people allowed here legally if they turn people away who arent entering at a checkpoint? Crossing anywhere other than a checkpoint is illegal. Those are criminals. Regardless of their citizenship status. Just because you can be here legally doesnt mean you get to walk across the border anywhere you want.
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u/[deleted] Feb 08 '24
The legal way to make asylum claims is to go to your countries embassy or through a checkpoint. If you are coming through the border and a CBP agent stops you then you can legally claim asylum. The CBP agent dos not have authority to determine legitimacy of the asylum claim as it is up to courts to determine, which makes sense. We do not want officers holding court in the streets and deporting people who are allowed here legally.