Periodico 26

Washington.- Supposedly, press cameramen encouraged those people to cross the physical barrier that is currently being remodeled.

The detained group, said the entity, was composed of three women, four men and two girls from Honduras, two women and one man from El Salvador, and a Mexican boy of Salvadoran parents.

Reports stated the agents witnessed over 20 people in what seemed to be an event organized to capture the illegal crossing on video with professional recording equipment.

However, it did not specify whether the immigrants arrived in Tijuana as part of the Central American caravans seeking asylum in the United States.

This week, the U.S. government asked the Supreme Court of Justice to impose the executive decree against the possibility of obtaining asylum for those who enter the country illegally, which was locked in lower courts.

According to the Department of Justice, U.S. President Donald Trump's November 9 ruling was to be applied immediately to deter thousands of Central Americans who are on the border with Mexico in search of such a permit.

These measures are designed to channel applicants to ports of entry where their requests can be processed orderly, prevent illegal and dangerous crossings, and reduce the backlog of applications without merit, the lawsuit said on Trump's behalf.

With a 2-1 divided vote, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, based in San Francisco, California, refused on Dec 7 to allow the Republican ruler's initiative.

The president's ban is inconsistent with existing federal laws and an attempt to evade Congress, the panel determined.

Earlier, on November 19, federal magistrate John Tigar of San Francisco temporarily restrained Trump's disposition, who justified the order to prevent the entry of members of Central American migrant caravans bound for the United States.

According to the White House chief's order, only those who enter U.S. territory through official border crossings can apply for asylum.

Tigar spoke out after a lawsuit filed by migrant rights organizations.

For its part, the American Civil Liberties Union maintained the law stipulates that asylum must be guaranteed to anyone who enters American territory, regardless of whether they do so legally or not.

Thus, Tigar indicated the 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act establishes that any foreigner who arrives in the United States, whether or not through a port of entry, can ask for asylum. (PL)

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