Did Trump "Turn Off" the Immigration System?

[Seymour Flops]

This Democrat answers the question of whether the border is more secure under Trump by saying "When you turn off the immigration system, sir, you will not see encounters."



First I thought, 'this guy is full of shit. People can still apply for immigration at the U.S. Consulates and Embassies in their country. Or can they?'

I asked the Googler if immigration is really shut down:

So, nothing about shutting down embassy and consulate applications for visas. That's what I've always thought the "immigration system" was.

And I've always been right about that.

No, the US immigration system has not been entirely "turned off." However, there have been several significant changes and limitations implemented recently, particularly under the current administration.

• Suspension and Restriction of Certain Programs:
  • Refugee Admissions: The US Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP) was suspended indefinitely in January 2025, although a federal judge has ordered the government to restart it, processing and travel are still limited.
  • Humanitarian Parole: Applications for programs like Uniting for Ukraine (U4U) and processes for Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans (CHNV) are paused, according to Lear Immigration Law. USCIS is currently prohibited from making final decisions on related immigration applications.
  • CBP One: The CBP One app, previously used to schedule asylum appointments at ports of entry, is no longer available.
  • Remain in Mexico (MPP): This program, requiring some asylum seekers to wait in Mexico, is currently on hold due to a court ruling.
• Challenges to Legal Immigration:
  • Travel Bans: There are full travel bans for 12 countries and partial restrictions for 7 others.

 

[Seymour Flops]

Applying at a consulate IS our immigraton system. No need to publicize it, it would be a dog-bites-man story.

When an oppressed person manages to escape an oppressive country and applies for admission as a refugee, that should be a man-bites-dog story.

You know, some dissident escapes a Chinese prison and sails to California in a leaky boat with his wife and one child. An East German is snuck into the west in a cleverly designed car trunk with a false bottom. A princess leaves her middle-eastern monarch father to marry a U.S. Marine and fears an honor killing.

That's the kind of people who need assylum. Not people who just want freebies that Uncle Sam was handing out under the Autopen administration.

 

[Unkotare]

A refugee and an asylum seeker are not the same thing.

 

[Seymour Flops]

A refugee and an asylum seeker are not the same thing.

Should we accept refugees from any country that gets U.S. financial assistance?

It seems pretty silly that we would be funding a country so horrible that its people are forced to come to the U.S. for assylum, doesn't it?