The new asylum measure that would give only 4 hours to obtain a lawyer in the US
Last week, as an extraordinary measure seeking to reduce the crossing of undocumented immigrants into the United States, President Joe Biden signed an executive order that makes the possibility of obtaining asylum in the country more complicated since applicants will only have four hours. to obtain legal representation.
The lawyer who is an expert in immigration issues, Héctor Quiroga, announced through a press release that the outlook for those seeking to access the asylum process in the United States is becoming even more complicated because the time has been significantly reduced. in which interested parties can seek advice.
He explained that in 2018, then-President Donald Trump reduced the time to find a lawyer from 48 to 24 hours. But, the new decree reduced the time to only four hours, which, in the lawyer’s opinion, leaves those who do not arrive with an already prepared plan without possibilities.
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Quiroga emphasized that the new rules do not reflect the reality of what an immigrant experiences when they arrive at the border to request asylum. “Let us remember that these people are fleeing their country for one reason or another, for security reasons, so demanding that they have a lawyer in less than four hours once they are detained is not valid.”
US authorities know that everyone has the right to receive legal advice, so they are not denying that possibility to migrants. However, they are making it very difficult to access this service, but they have justified the measure by ensuring that the intention is to prevent them from remaining in detention centers and to be able to accelerate responses, whether obtaining asylum or deportation.
The measure, which is implying greater barriers for those who wish to request asylum in the United States, is already sparking complaints and discomfort among various associations in favor of migrants’ rights.
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