Texas separates migrant families, detaining fathers on trespassing charges in latest border move
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Texas state police officers separated migrant families along the border with Mexico by detaining fathers on trespassing charges and turning over mothers and children to federal officials, the state Department of Public Safety said Thursday.
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Are asylum-seekers illegal? Anyone crossing the border could be an asylum seeker.
"To obtain asylum through the affirmative asylum process the person must be physically present in the United States... People can apply for asylum regardless of how they arrived in the US"
sure, they could be but they arent.
You tried to make a blanket statement that they are all illegal when entering surreptitiously is a valid way of making an asylum claim.