Haitian immigrants cross border through Mexico

[Common]

This is why the border must be closed, they are coming from everywhere. This is not a POLITICAL ISSUE, this is not a race issue. This is an american issue that is going to effect, black americans white, liberals and conservatives, ALL AMERICANS. How ?

Its going to cost americans who work a fortune to keep all these people, if affects the poor because there is LESS or nothing for them left. Americans do not have unlimited resources and jobs. Those who support this open border WILL DESERVE what their children and beyond will endure because of it.

Make no mistake this is Obama, he promoted, enocouraged and gave the green light and opened the path for all this.
Haitian immigrants cross border through Mexico, claim asylum for quick processing and entry
Haitian immigrants are surging across America’s southwest border, blazing a path through Mexico (http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/mexico/) to the U.S., where they have been coached to claim asylum, earning them quick processing and almost immediate entry into the country.
Analysts called it a backdoor amnesty that’s increasingly being abused by illegal immigrants who normally would have no shot of staying in the U.S., but who, by claiming asylum, can gain a foothold here. The Haitians are the latest to discover the route, likely encouraged by smugglers who stand to make thousands of dollars from each migrant they transport through Mexico (http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/mexico/) and up to the U.S. land border.
A video obtained by Rep. Duncan Hunter, California Republican, which originated with U.S. Customs and Border Protection, shows Haitians massing outside of a Mexican detention facility on that country’s border with Guatemala, ahead of what analysts said was likely a long journey north to the U.S.
“It’s a method for backdoor entry that presents a real exposure, because it’s virtually open to anyone to enter the U.S. without any real scrutiny or undergoing the regular process,” said Joe Kasper, chief of staff to Mr. Hunter. “The fact that 300 Haitians show up in Mexico (http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/mexico/) and from that point are virtually guaranteed entry into the U.S. underscores one of many major problems with the president’s immigration policy — and Americans need to recognize it.”
The new surge has overwhelmed American authorities, and sources said Customs and Border Protection has imposed a cap of 150 Haitian asylum-seekers a day at San Ysidro, America’s busiest Mexican-border crossing.
Haitians have been given special treatment since the January 2010 earthquake that decimated the island nation’s government and devastated its infrastructure. Haitians who were in the U.S. by January 2011 were given Temporary Protected Status, allowing them to stay, while illegal immigrants who came after that were generally overlooked.

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[Peter1469]

A vote for Hillary is a vote for open borders.

[waltky]

We about to have a Haitian invasion...
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Haitians mass at US-Mexico border despite deportation policy
Oct 7,`16 -- A crowd of about 1,000 Haitians shouted and shoved at the door of Mexico's immigration agency at the U.S. border, which has found itself an unhappy gateway for thousands of would-be migrants in recent months hoping to cross into the United States.


They wrapped their arms around the waists of people in front of them to prevent anyone from cutting in line in their desperation for one of just a few dozen slots granted daily with U.S. immigration authorities about a half-mile away. Several thousand Haitians have traveled to Tijuana in recent months, overflowing migrant shelters and often sleeping outside next to their backpacks on sheets of cardboard, many after traveling 7,000 miles (11,000 kilometers) by foot, taxi and bus from Brazil through eight nations to the threshold of the United States. There have been so many that in August, Mexican authorities imposed a system of appointments in order to keep the Haitians away from the flow of other visitors at one of the world's busiest border crossings. Most of the Haitians appear unaware that the trip, and the desperate scramble at the border, has been in vain.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security on Sept. 21 began putting Haitians in detention facilities before attempting to send them back to the homeland they fled, a departure from previous practice of freeing them on humanitarian parole. The U.S. softened its posture after Haiti's 2010 earthquake but now treats them like people from other countries. Many of the Haitians continuing to arrive in Tijuana have said they were unaware of the change, while those who knew about it said turning back was not an option. Brazil opened its doors to the Haitians after the earthquake devastated their impoverished country, but the South American country later developed its own economic problems, recently prompting many to seek work in the United States.

Antonio Juneiro, 40, is typical. He lived in Sao Paolo for four years until factory work dried up and he decided to join family in Miami. After spending $4,000 to reach Tijuana, the prospect of a job in the United States was worth the risk of getting deported to Haiti. "When you have money, you have hope. You have health," Juniero said at the Padre Chava migrant shelter in Tijuana, where he lived for a month while awaiting his appointment at San Diego's San Ysidro port of entry.

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[Peter1469]

Send them back.

[Adelaide]

I feel badly for them, but the United States isn't really in a position of being able to help them.

[waltky]

Haitian invasion brewin' in Tijuana...
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Far from Hurricane Matthew, a Haitian crisis flares in Tijuana
October 8, 2016 - The havoc wreaked by Hurricane Matthew has strengthened the resolve of thousands of Haitians stuck on the U.S.-Mexico border to make it to the United States even though new rules mean they will likely be deported to their shattered homeland.


A surge in the number of Haitians seeking asylum this year prompted the U.S. government to end special protections dating back to Haiti's last major disaster, a 2010 earthquake that killed more than 200,000 people. That means migrants like Naomi Josil, 29, are now far more likely to be deported home if they cross the border from Mexico. But as news filtered in of the death of some 900 people from Hurricane Matthew and the loss of family homes and property, Josil and her friends refused to give up. "We can't go back, we want money to rebuild the houses taken by the hurricane, said Josil, a 29-year-old mother of two. "There is no turning back, my family needs the money more than ever. We have to reach the United States."

Despite tighter U.S. controls, dozens of Haitians show up in Tijuana every day, almost all of them arriving after an arduous three-month trip traversing jungles and mountains from Brazil where they sought refuge following the earthquake. This time they are on the move to escape Brazil's economic recession which left them without jobs. Having spent thousands of dollars to get this far with her two children, husband and brother, Josil refuses to entertain any suggestion she will not be allowed into the United States,


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Haitian migrant, Naomi Josil, 29, poses for a photo inside the kitchen of the Juventud 2000 shelter after leaving Brazil, where she relocated to after Haiti's 2010 earthquake, in Tijuana, Mexico

Indeed, the disaster back in Haiti may provide a ray of hope for her and thousands of others amassing on the border since the tougher rules were introduced, with activists now pressuring the Obama administration to reverse the measures as a humanitarian gesture. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has said it is monitoring the situation and "will assess its impact on current policies as appropriate."

The crisis comes at a sensitive time for the U.S. government, wary of fanning Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's accusations that President Barack Obama is soft on immigration, or worse. On Friday, Trump said the Obama government was fast-tracking applications for citizenship for electoral gain. "They’re letting people pour into the country so they can go and vote," Trump said during a meeting with representatives of the National Border Patrol Council, the union that represents Border Patrol agents, at Trump Tower in New York. He did not present evidence to back his claim.

'EVERYTHING ENDED' (https://www.yahoo.com/news/far-hurricane-matthew-haitian-crisis-flares-tijuana-000113981.html?ref=gs)

[Peter1469]

Militarize the border. Use deadly force to protect the sovereignty of the US.

[waltky]

Granny says, "Dat's right - keep `em in Mexico...
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Haitians Entering Mexico Illegally En Route to the US: 3,263 in 2015, 13,465 So Far in 2016
October 18, 2016 | Mexican authorities say they have no plans to stop or deport a growing tide of more than 13,000 Haitians who have entered Mexico illegally this year for the purpose of crossing into the U.S.


The number of Haitians entering Mexico illegally in order to reach the U.S. has skyrocketed from 3,263 reported in 2015, to 13,465 so far this year, Mexican immigration officials told CNSNews.com. By contrast, in 2013 – two years after the Jan. 10, 2010 earthquake in their home country – just 688 Haitians entered Mexico without authorization, they said. Mexico has issued exit visas at no cost to 13,465 Haitian and African migrants so far this year. The Mexican officials said that some 4,515 Haitians are currently gathered on the Baja California border – 2,823 in Tijuana and 1,692 in Mexicali. Fannie Enciso, a spokeswoman for Mexico’s immigration authority, said that state, local, and private organizations are providing housing, food and other support to the Haitians as they wait. According to Mexican immigration officials some changes to policies had been agreed upon during a visit to Mexico by Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson on Oct. 11.

At Johnson’s meetings with Mexican immigration and security officials, it was agreed that the number of Haitians allowed to cross into the U.S. at checkpoints in Mexicali and San Yisidro would be increased from 35 to 115 each day, Enciso said. Up to now, Mexico has issued 20-day transit permits to certain migrants from outside the North American continent, including Haitians, who enter the country illegally for the purpose of getting to the United States. But during Johnson’s visit, Enciso said, Mexico agreed to increase the duration of the transit permits to 30 days. She added, however, that if the migrants are unable to cross into the U.S. before the permits expire, Mexico has no plans to deport them. The DHS did not respond to multiple requests for comment on the reported agreements.


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Haitian migrants hopeful of reaching the United States wait at the border crossing in Tijuana, Mexico

U.S. Customs and Border Patrol spokesman Ralph DeSio said 4,844 Haitians have been allowed to enter the U.S. from Mexico this year, a six-fold increase from 795 in 2015. “Recently we have seen an uptick in the number of Haitians arriving with no status in the U.S.,” he said in an email. “We are processing them on a case-by-case basis. Individuals with no status to legally enter the U.S. are placed in removal proceedings according to their situation and into the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement,” DeSio said. After the 2010 earthquake, the U.S. partly relaxed its approach to Haitian illegal migrants, releasing them on humanitarian parole. But last month the DHS announced it was resuming the policy of detaining and deporting them. Then came Hurricane Matthew.

Citing the devastating storm, Johnson shortly after his visit to Mexico said in a statement that the U.S. was again temporarily suspending deportations of Haitians illegally in the U.S. “On September 22, I announced we would resume removals of Haitian nationals in accordance with our existing enforcement priorities,” he said. “In light of Hurricane Matthew, which struck Haiti on October 4, removal flights to Haiti have been suspended temporarily.” “Working with the government of Haiti, DHS intends to resume removal flights as soon as possible,” Johnson added. Another Mexican immigration spokeswoman, Aurora Vega, explained the reasoning behind the 20-day (now 30-day) transit permits. They were issued to Haitians and certain other migrants – when they voluntarily report to the authorities – for humanitarian reasons, and because Mexico has no established communication procedures or immigration agreements with their countries of origin, she said.

Vega said Haitian migrants are offered the right to seek refuge or asylum in Mexico, but virtually none have done so this year. Recently U.S. Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.) accused Mexican authorities of helping the Haitian migrants in their quest to enter the U.S. He also blamed the Obama administration for the increasing tide of migrants entering Mexico. Duncan’s press spokesman Joe Kasper told CNSNews.com that the Haitians were “exploiting the system by claiming fear” if they return to Haiti. “We’d expect the removal of any migrant – to include Haitians – attempting to enter the U.S. without authorization. It’s not like any coming up through Mexico have authorization in the first place – so we’ll need to watch closely how DHS responds.”

http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/mark-browne/haitians-entering-mexico-illegally-en-route-us-3263-2015-13465-so-far-2016