{"id":17741,"date":"2018-10-16T14:27:06","date_gmt":"2018-10-16T18:27:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/live-immigrationreform.pantheonsite.io\/?p=17741"},"modified":"2018-12-28T09:45:19","modified_gmt":"2018-12-28T14:45:19","slug":"illegal-alien-caravan-doubles-in-size-pushes-north-to-u-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2018\/10\/16\/illegal-alien-caravan-doubles-in-size-pushes-north-to-u-s\/","title":{"rendered":"Illegal Alien Caravan Doubles in Size, Pushes North to U.S."},"content":{"rendered":"

Yet another caravan of illegal aliens is heading north to the U.S., challenging both this nation\u2019s sovereignty and political will to control the flow of migrants into the nation.\u00a0 Already 3,000 strong<\/a>, the group of mostly Honduran illegal aliens has already doubled in size as it pushes northward with some openly seeking better economic opportunities and others claiming to flee widespread violence.<\/p>\n

If past is prologue, the group, comprised largely of adults traveling with children, will attempt to cross into the United States illegally. Although most openly admit that they are seeking better economic conditions, they will, nevertheless, request\u00a0 political asylum if apprehended. U.S. asylum laws have become a virtual guarantee that illegal aliens, particularly those with children in tow, will almost immediately be released into the U.S.\u00a0 Most<\/a> will likely never appear for their asylum hearings.<\/p>\n

With the backdrop of a Congress that failed to pass any legislation tightening the nation\u2019s asylum laws against fraud, or amending the court agreement that mandates that children can only be held for 20 days, it would seem the U.S. is again caught between a rock and a hard place.\u00a0 But is that really the case?<\/p>\n

Not really.\u00a0 When faced with situations like this in the past, previous administrations<\/a> have authorized the immediate construction of tent cities along the border to house asylum applicants.\u00a0 In addition, the Trump administration could dispatch mobile asylum courts that can quickly hear their claims. The mere presence of mobile asylum courts on the border \u2013 along with the resulting return to their home countries of those with fraudulent claims \u2013 would likely\u00a0 stanch the flow north.<\/p>\n

If we don\u2019t act quickly and decisively, many more of Central America\u2019s 41 million residents<\/a> might be thinking about creating caravans of their own.