by Dean James, DC Clothesline:

By Calvin Custis at The Federalist Papers

On Wednesday, July 3, presidential hopeful Cory Booker illegally escorted five migrants across the border

Today, on Independence Day, Booker now faces the possibility of arrest.

WATCH:

The senator spent 4+ hours speaking w/ the asylum seekers at the Organización Internacional Para Las Migraciones (OIM) in Juárez prior to the border crossing. The action comes following the campaign’s statement to end the border crisis. https://t.co/t3nqwTyyA5 pic.twitter.com/t0AllW6d8B

— Andrew Kimmel (@andrewkimmel) 3 July 2019

From BPR:

Never to be outdone, Booker upped the ante three days later by traveling to the same city and, not only speaking with alleged asylum seekers, but also reportedly escorting five of them into the United States in possible violation of federal immigration laws.

According to independent reporter Andrew Kimmel, the asylum seekers had been sent back to Mexico after applying for asylum as per the Trump administration’s Migrant Protection Protocols (MMP) program, which mandates that asylum seekers wait in Mexico as their asylum claims are processed. …

In defense of his actions, Booker told Kimmel and a group of other reporters Wednesday that he believes the five asylum seekers were “unjustly denied the ability to present themselves for asylum.”

That was patently false. The fact that they must wait for their asylum claims to be processed isn’t in any way, shape or form equivalent to them being “unjustly denied” the right to apply for asylum. …

The senator has made it through with the asylum seekers. They will receive proper care/protection at a shelter (not a detention center) here in the United States.

— Andrew Kimmel (@andrewkimmel) 3 July 2019

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