Immigration

[Docthehun]

Okay DGUtley, where might your legal opinion fall?

https://www.yahoo.com/news/u-chief-justice-alarmed-trump-administration-immigration-case-001649089.html

[DGUtley]

Okay @DGUtley (http://thepoliticalforums.com/member.php?u=2019), where might your legal opinion fall? https://www.yahoo.com/news/u-chief-justice-alarmed-trump-administration-immigration-case-001649089.html

I was in mediation til 6:30 and heard this coming home. I know that they used ticky tacky mistakes to revoke suspected Nazi collaborator citizenships. Having said that, mistakes and misrepresentations must generally be material to void a document. That's what the law generally holds. In the broad sense that means that 'but for' that information we'd have done something differently. This particular case is interesting in that it would've started under the Obama Administration, not known for being tough on these issues. Is there something we don't know here?

[Docthehun]

I was in mediation til 6:30 and heard this coming home. I know that they used ticky tacky mistakes to revoke suspected Nazi collaborator citizenships. Having said that, mistakes and misrepresentations must generally be material to void a document. That's what the law generally holds. In the broad sense that means that 'but for' that information we'd have done something differently. This particular case is interesting in that it would've started under the Obama Administration, not known for being tough on these issues. Is there something we don't know here?

I suspect the answer to your question is, yes. This will be interesting to watch, but probably in general, out of the news.

[waltky]

Mixed news on immigration...
:rollseyes:
Surge in Illegal Border Crossings Not Unusual For The Time of Year, Say Experts
May 8, 2018 – A surge in the number of illegal crossings from Mexico into the U.S. along the southwest border in March and April should not be compared to 2017 figures, but is actually in line with most years since 2013, according to two immigration experts.


The number of “apprehensions and inadmissables” at the southwest border increased by 203 percent in March and by 223 percent in April compared to the same months in 2017, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection data. The totals were 50,206 in March compared to 16,588 in March last year, and 50,924 in April compared to 15,766 during the same month last year. In 2016, there were 46,117 apprehensions in March and 48,502 in April. Illegal border crossings normally increase in the spring because immigrants prefer not to make the journey during cold winter or hot summer months, said Randy Capp, director of research for U.S. programs at the Migration Policy Institute.

President Trump’s first year in office may explain why there was no surge in spring crossings last year and why the numbers for the two months were unusually low. “There was a surge in crossings right before the election and then numbers dropped like a rock right as Trump was inaugurated, probably because of his front lining of immigration policy during the campaign and under the assumption he would be tougher on border enforcement,” Capp said. “March and April last year were two of the lowest numbers since the 1970s,” he said. Compared to April 2017, the number of illegal crossings now are high, but April 2017 “was an anomaly” compared to previous years, said Maureen Meyer, director for Mexico and migrant rights at the Washington Office on Latin America.


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A Customs and Border Protection Border Patrol agent pats down a man before he is returned to Mexico.

Illegal crossings dropped during the first few months of the Trump administration in 2017 due to uncertainty around his immigration policies, she said. Meanwhile, families now account for approximately 25 percent of all immigrants apprehended by border authorities attempting to cross the border illegally. Families and unaccompanied children together make up 40 percent of the illegal crossing apprehensions. The rest are adults. More than 80 percent of the families are from Guatemala and Honduras, Capp said.

Meyer attributed the large number of families and unaccompanied children from Central America attempting to cross the border illegally to the high level of violence in the region. Recently, immigrants from Honduras “significantly” outnumber those from Guatemala or El Salvador apprehended at the border. She said that reflects political repression in Honduras after the recent re-election of the country’s president and the government’s inability to provide security. While numbers from Central America rise, the number of Mexicans crossing the border illegally has declined dramatically and now totals approximately 200,000 per year. By contrast, illegal crossings by Mexicans totaled some one million per year in 2006 and 2007, when Mexicans accounted for more than 90 percent of total apprehensions at the border.

MORE (https://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/mark-browne/surge-illegal-border-crossings-not-unusual-time-year-say-experts)

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59% Drop in Refugee Admissions Through April
May 4, 2018 – A total of 6,865 refugees were admitted to the United States during the first four months of 2018, down from 16,743 for the same period last year and 21,121 for the same period in 2016. The admissions account for a 59 percent fall from the same period last year, and a 67.5 percent drop from the first four months of 2016.


Along with the overall reduction in the number of refugees resettled in the U.S., the proportion of Christians to Muslims among the new arrivals has changed significantly too, according to figures from the State Department Refugee Processing Center database. From January to April this year, 67.3 percent of the refugees were Christians and 19 percent were Muslims. By comparison, during the January to April period in 2016 – when President Obama was in office – Christians still held a majority, but a much smaller one: Christians accounted for 47.2 percent (9,968) of the total refugee admission numbers, and Muslims for 44.4 percent (9,387) of the total.


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Refugees from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) at Gihinga camp in Burundi. In recent years the DRC has accounted for the largest number of refugees admitted to the United States.

During the same period last year, the proportions were roughly reversed, with Christians comprising 43.8 percent (7,332) of the total number of refugees admitted and Muslims 46 percent (7,717) of the total. The four-month period in 2017 includes the final weeks of the Obama administration, which ended on January 20. Of the total 16,743 refugees admitted during that Jan.-Apr. period, 4,451 (26.5 percent) were admitted in January, before Trump’s inauguration. Of the 4,451, 1,598 (35.9 percent) were Christians and 2,494 (56 percent) were Muslims.


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In Jan.-Apr. this year, the countries of origin of the biggest groups of resettled refugees were the Democratic Republic of Congo (2,111), Burma (1,465), Ukraine (772), Eritrea (454), Bhutan (431) and Afghanistan (365). The biggest contingents of refugee arrivals during the period, by Christian denomination, were 1,150 Pentecostalists (mostly from the DRC), 597 Catholics (with DRC again comprising the biggest group), and 1,355 refugees self-identifying simply as “Christian” (with the largest groups coming from Burma and DRC.) Muslim arrivals comprised 293 Shi’ites (most from Afghanistan), 189 Sunnis (also mostly Afghans), 76 Ahmadiyya (all from Pakistan), and 750 refugees described simply as Muslim (with the largest groups coming from Burma, DRC and Eritrea.)


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Eleven Syrian refugees – six Christians and five Sunni Muslims – were resettled in the four-month period. That compares to 2,499 Syrian refugees (98 percent Muslim, 1.4 percent Christian) admitted during the same period last year – of which 1,052 (97.6 percent Muslim, 2.1 percent Christian) were admitted before Trump’s inauguration. During the same period in 2016, 1,062 Syrian refugees were admitted, of whom 98.6 percent were Muslim and 0.4 percent were Christian.

MORE (https://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/patrick-goodenough/675-drop-refugee-admissions-first-4-months-2018-vs-same-period-2016)

[CCitizen]

We came to USA in 1983.

[waltky]

Record Percentage of Americans Say Immigration Top Problem for USA...
:angry:
Gallup: Record Percentage Say Immigration Top Problem for USA...
July 19, 2018 | A record 22 percent of Americans said this month that they believe “immigration/illegal aliens” is the most important problem facing the United States, according to Gallup polling numbers released on Wednesday (https://news.gallup.com/poll/237389/immigration-surges-top-important-problem-list.aspx?g_source=link_NEWSV9&g_medium=LEAD&g_campaign=item_&g_content=Immigration%2520Surges%2520to%2520Top%25 20of%2520Most%2520Important%2520Problem%2520List).


“The 22 percent of Americans in July who say immigration is the top problem is up from 14 percent in June and is the highest percentage naming that issue in Gallup's history of asking the ‘most important problem’ question,” Gallup Editor in Chief Frank Newport said in an analysis of the survey (https://news.gallup.com/poll/237389/immigration-surges-top-important-problem-list.aspx?g_source=link_NEWSV9&g_medium=LEAD&g_campaign=item_&g_content=Immigration%2520Surges%2520to%2520Top%25 20of%2520Most%2520Important%2520Problem%2520List). “The previous high had been 19%,” Newport said. From July 1 to July 11, Gallup asked a random sample of 1,033 adults living in the United States this open-ended question: “What do you think is the most important problem facing this country today?”



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Fifteen categories of responses were offered by at least 2 percent of respondents. These were: “Immigration/illegal aliens” (22 percent); “Dissatisfaction with government/Poor leadership” (19 percent); “Race relations/Racism” (7 percent); “Unifying the country” (6 percent); “Lack of respect for each other (6 percent); “Economy in general (4 percent); “Ethics/moral/religious/family decline (3 percent); “Healthcare” (3 percent); “Poverty/Hunger/Homelessness (2 percent); “Guns/Gun control” (2 percent); “Education” (2 percent); “Judicial system/Courts/Laws” (2 percent); “Environment/Pollution” (2 percent); Unemployment/Jobs (2 percent); “Federal Budget deficit/Federal debt” (2 percent).


Newport noted in his analysis that the previous high of 19 percent citing immigration as the most important problem occurred in 2006 when Congress was debating a major immigration bill. “Immigration reached 19 percent of mentions as the top problem facing the nation in April 2006, as Congress was wrestling with the effort to pass a comprehensive immigration bill and as immigration protests in cities across the country dominated news coverage,” Newport said. In April 2004, according to Gallup (https://news.gallup.com/poll/11368/quarter-americans-say-iraq-nations-most-important-problem.aspx), only 2 percent had considered “immigration/illegal aliens” the nation’s most important problem. That month, the top response for most important problem was the “situation in Iraq/Fear of war,” which was named by 26 percent of respondents.


https://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/terence-p-jeffrey/gallup-record-percentage-say-immigration-top-problem-usa