> asylum seekers that are abusing the procedural rules, despite not having a solid claim on asylum.
Out of curiosity, isn't that the same case as what happened with the Biden immigration surges, at least Venezuela? And now the current administration is taking action?
I'm not familiar with the American context enough to answer that. My understanding is that US was always very lax with immigration enforcement, where a lot of people are neither given the legal rights nor deported, while EU (mostly Western part of) was more willing to give some sort of legal residence, so people can pay taxes, fines and have incentive to learn the language. I don't really understand what was the problem with giving residence permits to the refugees from Venezuela in the first place, but again, I'm not familiar with this circus.
They weren’t that lax with immigration enforcement, Biden was the exception, Obama deported a ton of people, enough so to get the “deporter in chief” moniker.
Also, you can pay taxes without legally residing in the us it seems.
