The U.S.-Mexico border in San Diego is a backdrop for election-season debates over immigration policy
House Speaker Rep. Mike Johnson, left, and Rep. Darrell Issa hold a press conference to speak about immigration and security at the “Whiskey 8” section of the border on Thursday in San Ysidro,. With immigration policies at the forefront of the presidential election season, Speaker of the House Rep. Mike Johnson of Louisiana joined fellow Republican Rep. Darrell Issa of Bonsall on a tour of the U.S.
Under the executive action, arriving undocumented immigrants are screened by an asylum officer only if they specifically state, without being prompted, that they fear being returned to their homeland. They will also be screened under a higher standard. Some groups of migrants are exempted from the policy, including unaccompanied children and those with CBP One appointments.
“The president’s executive order last month has been touted as a success because the number of encounters by the Border Patrol have decreased, and that’s right, fewer people are being encountered by the Border Patrol between ports of entry,” said John Anfinsen, executive vice-president of the National Border Patrol Council, who joined the congress members Thursday. “But that’s not the whole story.
Nearby, a dozen migrants from Ecuador, Mexico and Jamaica waited between the border fences to be picked up by Border Patrol and processed. Among them was Raúl Cedeño from Ecuador, who said he left his country to escape violence and seek better opportunities.Cedeño said he had heard about the policy limiting asylum but still decided to take the journey, worried about his future.
Rep. Mike Levin, D-San Juan Capistrano, conducted his own border tour last week and insisted Biden’s executive action was working. The reduced number of people at Otay Mesa has created a ripple effect, he said, enabling CBP staff to reopen the San Clemente and Murrieta checkpoints, which have been closed for some time.
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