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Donald Trump Vetoes Attempt to Block his Declaration of a National Emergency

posted by martyb on Sunday March 17 2019, @07:12AM   
from the at-least-the-House-and-Senate-agreed-on-something dept.

realDonaldTrump writes:

breitbart.com/politics/2019/03/15/donald-trump-vetoes-attempt-to-block-national-emergency

President Donald Trump vetoed a bill designed to block his emergency declaration at the Southern Border on Friday, in a ceremony at the White House.

“Today, I am vetoing this resolution,” Trump said. “Congress has the freedom to pass this resolution and I have the duty to veto it. And I’m very proud to veto it.”

Also at CBS News, CNBC, and USA Today.

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• Re:Asylum only? Re:Asylum only? (Score: 2) by Nobuddy on Monday March 18 2019, @02:52PM (1 child)

  by Nobuddy (1626) on Monday March 18 2019, @02:52PM (#816411)

  Can you show us the clause in US law that requires them to stop at the first country they come to? Since we ARE talking about US law here.

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• Re:Asylum only? (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Monday March 18 2019, @03:40PM

  by Runaway1956 (2926) on Monday March 18 2019, @03:40PM (#816439) Homepage Journal

  You understand that the US is a signatory to a variety of treaties. In effect, if not in fact, those treaties become US law - that is, they guide the US legal system in the disposition of cases involving non-US citizens. https://www.refworld.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/rwmain/opendocpdf.pdf?reldoc=y&docid=4bab55da2 [refworld.org]

  Excerpt:

  Section 11
  The concept of first country of asylum
  Introduction: International Standards
  The concept of first country of asylum is defined in Article 26 of the APD:
  A country can be considered to be a first country of asylum for a particular applicant
  for asylum if:
  (a) s/he has been recognised in that country as a refugee and s/he can still avail
  him/herself of that protection; or
  (b) s/he otherwise enjoys sufficient protection in that country, including benefiting
  from the principle of non-refoulement;
  provided that s/he will be re-admitted to that country.
  In applying the concept of first country of asylum to the particular circumstances of an
  applicant for asylum Member States may take into account Article 27 (1).
  It should be noted that Member States are not required to apply the concept of first
  country of asylum, as Article 26 is a permissive provision.1
    However, in accordance with
  the APD, those Member States which apply the concept are not required to examine
  whether an applicant qualifies as a refugee or for subsidiary protection status, where a
  country which not a Member State is considered as a first country of asylum for the
  applicant pursuant to Article 26.2
    In other words, the Member State may consider such
  applications as inadmissible.
  Destination countries may have interests in reducing irregular movements. As such, the
  concept of first country of asylum may be seen as a potential deterrent to irregular
  movements by refugees. However, UNHCR notes that the causes of secondary
  movements are manifold and include, among other things, a lack of durable solutions,
  limited capacity to host refugees and a failure to provide effective protection in some
  third countries. Therefore, the assessment of whether a third country does constitute a
  first country of asylum requires a careful and individualised case-by-case examination.

  Bottom line is, Mexico should be bearing a lot of this burden. Mexico instead chooses to use these "refugees" against us.

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