Analysis: The surge in migrants seeking asylum, explained
Migrants from Cuba, Venezuela and Central America line up to cross the border and request political asylum in the United States on Jan. 9. By Philip Bump Philip Bump National correspondent focused largely on the numbers behind politics Email Bio Follow April 9 at 12:42 PM President Trump overhauled the Department of Homeland Security this week, ousting — among others — the department’s head, Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen.
The recent increase has largely been a function of families arriving at the border, migrants categorized by the government as members of family units. Most of the other migrants who arrive are single adults, though there are also minors who arrive at the border by themselves. The Washington Post’s Nick Miroff had an exceptionally good overview of how this process often works last year. To seek asylum in the United States, a migrant has to actually be on U.S. soil. So migrants enter the country either by crossing the border between established border checkpoints — an illegal crossing — or by showing up at one of those checkpoints, called a port of entry. Then, they announce their intent to seek asylum.
So, with the administration no longer separating children from their parents, keeping the parent in custody while shipping the child to a foster home, the government instead releases the entire family into the United States until that hearing takes place. The administration tried to establish a policy in which asylum-seekers could be forced to wait for their hearings in Mexico, but it was overturned in court this week.
Hearing cases faster would generally mean removing many migrants from the country faster. Those whose asylum appeals are denied are scheduled for removal from the country. With the surge in denied asylum claims has come a surge in removal orders.
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