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‘Backdoor Deal’ Allows ‘Illegal’ Immigrants to Enter US Legally, Border Patrol Union Leader Says

Illegal immigrants are being coached to voluntarily withdraw their asylum claims, return to Mexico, and then seek to enter the US on humanitarian grounds.
‘Backdoor Deal’ Allows ‘Illegal’ Immigrants to Enter US Legally, Border Patrol Union Leader Says
Illegal immigrants prepare to be transported by bus to Border Patrol processing facilities in Yuma, Ariz., on May 18, 2023. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times
Brad Jones
Brad Jones
5/27/2023|Updated: 12/21/2023
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Illegal immigrants are being coached to voluntarily withdraw their asylum claims, return to Mexico, and then seek to enter the United States on humanitarian grounds, according to a U.S. Border Patrol union leader.

Manny Bayon, a National Border Patrol Council union spokesman in San Diego, told The Epoch Times on May 26 that migrants who enter the United States illegally in Yuma, Arizona, are being bused to the San Ysidro and Otay Mesa ports of entry in San Diego County. From there, they’re returned to Mexico but are allowed to reenter the United States by applying for “humanitarian parole” via the “CBP One” mobile phone app, he said.

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