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I would round them all up and send them all back. There is a process you have to go through for immigrants seeking asylum from there countries, but this aint it.

That doesn't look like people seeking asylum, that looks like a hostile invasion. Any other country that was being invaded by thousands of people would've used deadly force to stop said invasion.

They should build apartments for them right there until they can seek asylum and even give them work. It'll build the economy back up. I think so. Tbh our own people can't even find work in America. America is failing. It's insane. We got constant mass shootings inflation. the dollar is going to be depleted. Jobs are shit. This is all Bidens fault

Economic refugees, picking and choosing which countries they wish to seek asylum in. Therefore, they are not legitimate asylum seekers under UN law. They should be dealt with as unlawful foreign enemy combatants.

They are seeking asylum

they're invading the country why don't we have open fire on these people invading the US by the hundreds and thousands at a time not seeking Asylum but illegally crossing the border and if anybody has a problem with open fire on these people would you would you welcome them into your house if hundreds of them just pushed through your door not even asking not even knowing the laws or rules to just run through all your things no in America We Stand our ground

This is a ploy from Putin and the Venezuelan president to send some of the worst people into the United States seeking asylum it’s like the Cubans that came in in 1978 under the Carter administration

It's legal, not illegal immigration. They're allowed to seek asylum in Canada.

Liberals: These poor people are seeking asylum. Let them come in!\nThe Sensible: Do you have room at your house?\nliberals: You must be a racist Trump supporter

According to refugee rules they have to migrate to 2 countries outside of their home country to seek asylum. Maybe Canada was not their 1st choice but a means to an end to get that 2nd country eligiblity for asylum. Now to what an individual country offers in protection is up to its citizens to change the laws not to complain about it.

Call it what you want, but people who claim to be high and mighty Christians should remind themselves of the struggles of Joseph, Mary and Jesus’. The holy family’s experience is one of flight, hiding, refuge and seeking asylum in a foreign country where they could be welcomed by fellow Jews. After they felt it was safe they return, and even then they went to Nazareth to escape the eyes of powerful men. In his later years Jesus spoke truth to power. Demonizing immigrants doesn’t follow the teachings of the Bible. \nSeriously get off your high horse and stop moaning a groaning and be apart of the solution.

Here's the rub. The CIA messed that country up. Should be no need for them to seek asylum. They are NOT the problem. The super rich are.\nOne commenter on here said we can't afford housing ourselves. Is that the newcomers fault? Or the millionaires buying up property & raising rents so they can become billionaires?\nI'd say the billionaires.

So many individuals wNting to come to the U.S. and Joe just lets illegals enter from our southern border. They are not seeking asylum... just entery.

This is bullshit, illegal immigration is bad period. Anyone who wants to come should either seek asylum properly or use other legal means of entry.

Wait so why a mass of people trying to cross the borders?\n\nI just looked it up, so basically there is a rumor that it was migration celebration or something where they would be allowed to migrate freely. In order for them to seek asylum, they must schedule in advance through an app, which I find it weird. The app however is very glitchy, so a lot of problems here. Some of these people have traveled far away believing this rumor. Reason why people are trying to cross so they can escape poverty and violence in their home country. Sad really.

Y’all don’t understand that these people are seeking asylum. They’re running from the cartel..

International law dictates that if you're seeking asylum, you must take refuge in the first nation you are physically in outside of your origin.\n\nNone of these crossings are legal asylees. None of them. They never were.

They need to do it the legal way if they are seeking asylum a Texas chief said it in court just do it the legal way I'm Mexican my mom crossed illegally payed way back then now tho it's different they ain't sending their very best now it's like riot and shit

During the 1930's media in various countries made immigrants and asylum seekers out to be this horrible thing and demonised them. This came after a huge recession in 1923, the Wall Street crash, and the subsequent dramatic rise of far right parties in various countries, specifically Italy, then Germany and Spain. \nFast-forward to modern times. 2008 saw another global recession. Once again politics swung massively to the right with countries like Italy (once again), Hungary, Austria, Poland and Sweden, voting in right wing governments, France ending in a run off that narrowly defeated the far right, Belgium and Spain looking likely to be heading into heavily right wing governments at the next elections, whilst the US and UK governments both saw their politics swinging far further in that direction, especially the UK right now whilst led by an unelected leader who is demonising people in ways that would make Trump look soft. One of themajor rallying calls: immigration. The way media report on this becomes increasingly demeaning and hateful. During the 1930's much of the European media and even as far as the UK was ramping up the scorn against the ever increasing influx of Jewish immigrants coming from Germany. Even into 1944 there was a vast amount of demonisation of them seeking asylum, despite the knowledge by this point that there were horrific conditions in camps where extermination was becoming ever more apparent. The Nazi German government in 1936 passed laws that enabled them to revoke citizenship and stripped away laws on human rights. It would be great to say that these poor souls who were being demonised in their own country were accepted into nations who could see what was going on and who wanted to help, but that just wasn't the way it went. Media played out as it is now, leading to rejection and a greater number of deaths as a result of this. The way the UK government is currently working, it actually sounds like the maxi government of the mid 30's during the time of the Nürnberg laws. \n \nThe world feels far smaller now with double the amount of people and with things like social media playing a huge role in the lives of many. The ease of access to people around the world has made issues seem to stretch to far more countries now, whereas back then it was a time of empires. I get that there will be many here who support Trump, many who support Biden, there will be Brit's who support Sunak and the rather vicious words of Suella Braverman, whilst others will be more on the side of Starmer (I'm well aware of all the other parties but they don't stand to gain as much). There will be French people backing Macron, whilst others back Le Pen. We could go through each country all the way to the battle between Fujimori and Castillo in Perú, and the stories are much the same, but how will history judge us when people look back to this time? Will it be another occasion where we demonised those trying to escape the horror of the place they had the bad luck to be born in whilst we were luckier? \n\nI know there is hardship everywhere. I'm struggling more than most and I know I can't keep living this way. However, I don't want to be a part of history people look back at and say ‘if only they did something to help prevent this.’. I would rather be a part of history people look back upon and say; ‘that was a boring time period where nothing important happened’. It's already too late for that. Instead I try to remember that, though I was born into a family who never really wanted me, I was lucky enough to be born into a country that could support me during the hardest times. When you look at immigrants, remember that every one of us has immigrants in our family tree somewhere.

As an African who lives in Africa and is very proud of my continent, I consider this an invasion and I suggest the US should do something, send the military. no one should force himself into another country like this.\n America has a lot of enemies and these people should be checked and double checked before they enter your nation. Seeking asylum is different from illegal immigration.

Why do they need to seek Asylum when they are literally standing in the USA lol.....

Can I seek asylum from the US? Healthcare and education is crazy on this side.

If you cross multiple counties that can offer asylum before you get to the United States and you don't seek asylum there then you should be denied asylum here.

They’re seeking asylum from their dictatorship country of Venezuela. Why only allow ppl fro Iran ? Cus they have oil money ? America is a refugee for asylum seekers as long as they have money ??‍♂️

They’re not asylum seekers, they are asylum breakers. If asylum is what they seek, send them to the insane asylums. You gotta be crazy for wanting to voluntarily move into Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York or Chicago. You know, the worse places in the USA to live. Unless you are well off to begin with.\n\nMy rant: I swear politicians use the illegal immigrant border crossings as media fodder or campaign debate ammunition. Why not set up a program financed by their home country and ours to get them physically and financially healthy to work or start businesses in their home country? Physically, because they are coming here with all kinds of old world curable diseases, due to being born into an inadequate healthcare system. Not really their fault. The cost of living is so low for them that they could afford a future of prosperity or middle class lifestyle in their country of origin. Force their governments to change economically to sustain themselves for their interests. Imposing themselves upon a nation no longer prospering as it did during and after the Industrial Revolution is senseless. There is hardly any upward mobility in blue collar jobs, ever more so in the labor market. If they are not making $40K/year (assuming the majority has not a college degree in something marketable, advanced skills, a tradesman or artisan) then they’re struggling like everyone else in the service industry. Jobs for teenagers, entry level workers, part time jobseekers like for students, people needing extra income cause it’s so expensive in CA, NY, Austin, TX, Chicago or SF living off work entry-level service jobs. Technology has created a shortage or labor gap between unskilled jobs. Jobs that Americans need while pursuing training or technical degrees for the new skilled jobs. \n\nImmigrants do not need to fit the stereotypes of working in the service industry or as farm workers. American citizens can fill these labor positions quite easily. No, immigrants, work visa or not, do not work any harder, smarter, slower or faster than anyone else wanting to work. If someone is motivated to work an unskilled labor job then they will be just as effective as the next person. The HR for these companies definitely virtue signal and satisfy diversity quotas every time they hire someone due to their work status or ethnicity. Everyone and anyone can be replaced and so the question is, who do you, as an employer, want to replace the job vacancy with? Gonna hire cause they are a good fit or because your helping some politicians cause? Gonna grant asylum cause their lives are in danger from a government firing squad or because Biden/Harris will pat you on the back? \n\nThere is reason to illegally enter this country and it is disrespectful, disgraceful, dishonorable, dishonest and disheartening to the ones who are here legally by going through the process like everyone else paying time and money. Even Christopher Columbus paid to be here, no one handed him a free ticket to ‘paradise.’ The Mayflower patrons weren’t met with resistance by the indigenous community, they were harmonious. If there was a border in Maryland at Plymouth Rock, I am sure the Puritans would stop there first to get their passports stamped. I mean hell, these ‘asylum seekers’ don’t have the courtesy to get passports, why not? Passports are not that expensive considering what they pay coyotes. It makes no sense and is suspect. They won’t get stopped at the border if they have a passport!!!

They came from other countries, through Mexico (a safe third country partner), through the US (another safe third country partner), and into Canada to seek asylum and refugee status, therefore they do not meet the eligibility criteria for sanctuary as they traveled through two other countries to get here.

Sent to another border crossing to seek asylum. And they will get it. Turdo will make sure of that. He ain't gonna give up on his voters list.

Good. Seeking asylum is fine, but that's no excuse for not going through proper channels like the designating border crossings or one of the many Canadian consulates or embassies.

I thought the US and Canada had a legal agreement not to accept immigrants coming to Canada from the USA? I have no problem people seeking asylum and I feel we have a duty to process them. I have a problem if they come through the US as they should be processed there and applying for immigration to Canada.

I’m 63 and having FITW from my wages since 18 and I don’t want my taxes to subsidize persons seeking asylum. They had a choice to remain in their own countries to become teachers, nurses, and police officers.

You can't seek asylum leaving an already safe country. These are economic migrants, shopping around for the best place to live. This illegal port of entry should have been closed a decade ago.

Was it like this when world War 2 started? Mass exodus of Jewish people from Germany and Poland to seek asylum in allied countries?

To see how easy it was for them to stop this in the first place is ridiculous. You can’t seek asylum from the US. Makes no sense.

F**k this border patrol crap I pray they seek asylum in places better than USA \nBecause better is out there this country sucks

As a hardworking Canadian, it is very sad and frustrated to see how people just cross the border so easily from the US when my immigrant parents who held bachelors and PHD needed to sacrifice so much to raise me. They had to do labor work in factories. Those people who seek asylum will enjoy so much such as free housing, food and education support. All the services are coming out from the taxpayers like me. I have been taxed so high that I almost cannot afford a place in large cities like Toronto and Vancouver. In my opinion, Canada should restrict the number of people seeking asylum every five years. It should offer less benefits to those people as well.

I don't understand seeking this asylum sht... It's an Invasion... It's leaving your own country... And invading another country... They should all be in prisons

Not gonna lie, the US has more important things to do than worry about asylum seekers seeking illegal Refuge, at least 1. Russia, 2. china, 3. N KOREA 4. ok illegal immigrants to mobilize a nation when true war starts.

Seeking Asylum Its Just Seeking Safety And Protection.

Uscis has private contract agencies overseeing the cases in usa. They are not regulated they are not being monitored the ice is not intervening literally anyone can come through mexico and say they want to seek asylum and create a story to make their case even a deny for the case comes minimum in 8 years specially in nyc area

You know CNN, you could start calling them people. And seeking asylum isn't illegal, you just want to dangle the red meat of illegality to get some hate-clicks.

This uncontrolled ILLEGAL immigration will destroy & overwhelm the Canadian system similar to the US.. Wonder why the govt's won't just implement the rule that you need to seek asylum in the first country you cross.... Otherwise you will be deported no matter what your asylum claim will is for... It's so frustrating!!

Most try to seek asylum by lying about conflict in their country of origin. Mostly bullshit excuses. Out of control!

If there in America already. Let them stay there. You can not go through America just to get to Canada. Just stay in America. Seek Asylum there. Canada is falling apart. Foreigners are better off in America.

If you seek asylum go for it it’s giving you a case that will finally be heard you get to plead why not

They are seeking asylum cause the leaders of their country are tyrants!

They may detain them temporarily but seeking asylum is legal, except the US where they put migrants in cages. Hence why they're flooding our boarders.

Americans seek asylum in another country…. Never thought this day would come

Thank you Canada! Everyone seeking asylum should go to Canada not USA!

tHeY aRe JuSt SeEkInG aSyLuM ?

Both US have negative birth rates and job openings. That's what the real problem is. Limited access to Legal Immigration. No immigration is economic suicide for both countries. Many small businesses are opened by immigrates. They bring skills and money. America creates the drug war for drugs and appetite for drugs in US, then doesnn't want to accept asylum seekes fleeing from the choas.