The deployment of US military forces in the maritime limits of Venezuela – which includes three destroyers, combat aircraft, submarines and 4,000 Marines, as part of an operation against drug trafficking – strengthens the arguments of thousands of immigrants who expressed fear of returning to their countries for security reasons.
“These actions of the United States Government are evidence that it can be added to asylum files to demonstrate the well -founded fear of returning to the countries where these posters operate and have seized certain regions; for example, in Mexico, Venezuela or areas of Colombia, where there are areas controlled by guerrillas and posters. Migrants have to look for this information and add it to their cases of asylum,” said John de la Vega. Migratory matters, in a video published by the Venezuelans and Immigrants AID organization.
Historically, American democracy has offered asylum to thousands of foreigners who were persecuted for their nationality, race, religion, political opinions or belonging to a social group. This could be requested on the border or being within the territory, as is the case of the thousands of migrants who arrived with temporary permits such as the temporary protection status (TPS), or parole humanitarian. After the Trump administration canceled both programs, migrants have had to resort only to asylum. The problem is that Washington is also attacking against him and eliminating it or reducing it to its minimum expression is part of its offensive.
The last maneuver has been to urge immigration judges (which do not depend on the Judiciary but on the Executive) to dismiss cases at a record rate. Data from the Information and Access of Transactional Registries (TRAC) of the University of Syracuse, confirm that only 76% of the applications were rejected in March.
The Department of Justice continued the climbing in June with the sending of a memorandum to the magistrates to quickly accept the dismissal requests presented by the lawyers of the National Security Department orally. Signed by the Interim Director of the Immigration Case Review Office (EOIR), Sirce Owen, the letter describes the “new legal standards” that empowers them to review and reject asylum cases “legally insufficient”.
“Oral decisions must be completed within the same audience space on the day the testimonies and arguments conclude,” says the memorandum, which also tells the judges that “additional documentation or information is not required” to grant the dismissals. If the case of asylum is rejected, the foreigner is at the expense of an accelerated deportation by the agents of the Customs Immigration and Control Service (ICE), as in effect it has occurred in recent months after the arrests of hundreds of migrants in the corridors or exteriors of the immigration courts throughout the country.
The Trump administration justifies its actions blaming its predecessor, Joe Biden, to allow asylum requests for reasons outside those established by this mechanism. Earlier this year, 3,687,750 active immigration cases were still pending resolution, according to figures from the Transactional Registries Access Center (TRAC).
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