New rule issued by the Departmet
of Homeland Security presumes
that migrants are ineligible for
asylum unless they follow lawful
pathways into the United States.
But what does that mean for migs
here in San Diego along the bor?
In the special report CBS8,
David Garvetson takes us step by
step through the asylum process.
The Department of Homeland Secuy
really does not want migrants
crossing illegally here at the border.
Take a look at this piece of video posted
by the DHS Secretary on Twitter. People
who arrive at the border without
using a lawful pathway will be
presumed ineligible for asylum.
But just because you're presumed
ineligible doesn't necessarily
mean you are ineligible.
That presumption can be overcom,
and in fact, many migrants who s
illegally at the border here wie
eligible to apply for asylum under Title 8.
So let's take a look at the pro.
All the video you see in this
report was shot over the past to
weeks here in San Diego County.
Title 42 ends and hundreds of
migrants wait for days between
the border walls near San Ysidr,
technically on US soil,
meaning they had crossed unlawf.
The women and children are the first to
be loaded into the Border Patrol vans.
Later, single male adults are pd
up until eventually the border l
encampments are completely cleared out.
I follow this bus carrying migrants to
the Imperial Beach Border Patrol station.
Families with children wave at
me from inside as they are taken
into custody to be processed.
Other buses take adults with no
children to this $15 million
processing center in Otay Mesa.
The migrants first undergo
an initial screening,
A critically important questioning session
conducted by a Border Patrol ag.
No attorney is present.
If they fail, they're done righ,
They are done,
veteran immigration attorney Tammy Lynn says.
Depending on how they answer
these initial questions,
they could be deported and bannd
from seeking asylum for five ye,
or they could pass the test.
And get a chance to stay in
the United States?
Why are you here in the US?
Why can't you go back to your country?
Have you been harmed in your country?
Do you fear harm in your countr?
And based on what they say,
they'll either be, you know,
expeditiously removed and
their process is over,
or they'll get to the next step
with ICE and then potentially
with an asylum officer to do
a credible fear interview.
The credible Fear interview is e
in depth and establishes whethee
asylum seeker has fear of persecution
or torture in their home countr.
Migrants also get a criminal
background check, medical screeg
and finally a date to appear in court.
Most folks who are seeking
asylum are adamant that they
want to get to the court cases.
They want to get their day in c.
They want to be able to have
their case heard by a judge.
Next step in the process,
their bus to one of several hotl
shelters in San Diego and Imperl
counties run under State of
California contracts by Catholic
Charities or Jewish Family Serv.
Migrants stay in these hotel rooms for
just a couple days to take a sh,
charge their cell phones and
speak with relatives.
At this point,
they are free to go. All
the folks are seeing at the borr
are not staying in our communit.
Majority of them are going to be
going to other parts of the cou.
We're already seeing that
some leave the hotel
shelter in Ubers or taxis.
Others are transported in chartr
buses out of San Diego County
to cities all over the country.
And many migrants are bussed to
San Diego International Airport,
where they get help printing out
their boarding passes and then y
away to live with sponsor famil.
America, America, it's it's goo.
I like America. In my country we have wow,
terrorists. So it's not easy.
Some will have to wait two or
three years for their final
hearing in immigration court.
David Goffertson, CBS8.
Thanks David for that breakdown.
Now Customs and Border Protectin
emailed CBS8A statement encourag
undocumented migrants to use the CBP 1
mobile app to schedule arrival times at
ports of entry before they seek asylum.