After Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced last month that the Justice Department would be tightening the criteria for those claiming asylum, the pro-open borders legacy media sprang into action. Rather than have an intellectual debate on the merits of the change, they predictably found and promoted a series of victims. The sad faces and tales of misery portrayed in the coverage tugged at the heartstrings and lead readers to one conclusion: the only reason Sessions enacted this policy is because he is mean-spirited and doesn’t like women and small children. It’s time to put aside this knee-jerk emotionalism and confront the realities of the issue.
President Trump often talks about the loopholes in our immigration laws, and there is no better example than asylum laws. Unlike others seeking entry into the United States, those requesting asylum do so based on the honor system. The applicant need only assert persecution or a well-founded fear of future persecution in their homeland by the government (or a non-governmental actor that the government is unwilling or unable to control) based on race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion. No proof of persecution is required, and would be nearly impossible to acquire if it even existed. This “credible fear” standard is easily met and has allowed many illegitimate claimants to remain in the country. So the United States is expected to accept people about whom little is known and based on claims that may or may not be true.
In terms of what is good for America, that is a high-risk, low-reward proposition.
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