On Friday March 20, President Donald Trump announced the partial closure of the land border between the United States and Mexico to tourists, onlookers ... and migrants. According to the acting secretary of Homeland Security, Chad Wolf, the intercepted migrants will now be deported immediately.
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This express procedure jeopardizes their right to asylum. When a migrant sets foot on American soil, he has the right to seek asylum there, and his request must be examined. Because of the coronavirus, migrants with valid reasons for seeking refuge in the United States would therefore be prevented from doing so. The Pentagon has also just sent around 500 soldiers to assist border officials, who now also have a health mission.
" During a global pandemic , (these massive migratory flows) threaten to have the effect of a tornado that would spread the infection to our border agents, migrants, and Americans in general. Without restrictions,
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