The annual conference of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) is happening this week in Orlando, Florida, which means I’m glued to the Twitter feed of Memphis immigration attorney Lily Axelrod, who live-tweets the open forums with federal immigration agencies.
In an American Immigration Council webinar June 15, a panelist gave an example of another way CBP One contributes to unequal access to asylum -- in Arizona, Nogales is the only port of entry where CBP One is used, and it's 300+ miles from the nearest POE that also uses CBP One (El Paso or Calexico) and only 55 people per day are allowed across in Nogales.
That’s a great point, something I would really like to quantify. Only 7 POEs along the US-MX border take CBP One appointments. I don’t know if they plan on expanding that.
In an American Immigration Council webinar June 15, a panelist gave an example of another way CBP One contributes to unequal access to asylum -- in Arizona, Nogales is the only port of entry where CBP One is used, and it's 300+ miles from the nearest POE that also uses CBP One (El Paso or Calexico) and only 55 people per day are allowed across in Nogales.
That’s a great point, something I would really like to quantify. Only 7 POEs along the US-MX border take CBP One appointments. I don’t know if they plan on expanding that.