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For years there have been claims that sea rescue is a pull factor in asylum-related migration. But is this theory true?
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For years there have been claims that sea rescue is a pull factor in asylum-related migration. But is this theory true?
13,000 migrants, there are push and pull factors, and when you see, when you cram mass amnesty into a bill that's a massive pull factor. the "washington examiner" reported last week that we have seven times greater the number of immigrants coming from countries outside of mexico and these are outside that perimeter. seven times the greater this year than last. let's open the doors and pull everyone in come mass amnesty. what an ignorant proposal. if >> harris: we know from our own reporting that they are not able to test anybody. without our border patrol to do everything except for fly with a...
42 gives them the right to deport, remain in mexico holds them from coming into the united states. how did this deal get done? >> yes, so just to clarify if someone crosses the border they wait outside u.s. territory while their claims are processed by u.s. courts. the trump administration's intent with setting it up that way was to avoid the release of asylum seekers into the united states while their claims were pending. they viewed that as a major pull factor for illegal migration. so it will resume once more that way and the mexican government has extracted a concession from the united sta...
While the tragedy was unfolding off the coast of france yesterday, dozens of people who had successfully crossed the channel were arriving near dungeness. the numbers of migrants arriving by small boats has soared this year, far outstripping the numbers last year. were arriving near dungeness. the new route first emerged three years ago when sajid javid was home secretary. he rushed back from holiday to try to nip it in the bud, but the government has been on the back foot ever since. among the proposed solutions are joint patrolling of the french coast with british and french police, and tryi...
Legal citizen in this country. to have that wrong? >> griff: no you don't. brandon is talking about the language in the bill that passed the house. it applies mostly to about 7 million individuals that have crossed illegally that are, would get a pass to possible permanence, or a green card. so he's not entirely wrong. i don't know the language, it's not directly in front of me. but here's the point, it is a ploy, if you will, for democrats to say that they are creating this pathway. and it is in many respects, we talked to the border patrols officials, pull factor. when this gets to the senat...