By Joe Schaeffer

Is there any reason to believe a Biden administration that has done nothing to reduce the tsunami of illegal alien crossings over the US southern border is now going to seriously address what has developed into a genuine crisis on the northern boundaries as well?

Internal Department of Homeland Security documents obtained by various media outlets revealed a plan to speed up the asylum process at the US-Canada border. The changes, which went into effect Aug. 14, are a follow-up to a March 2023 agreement between the Biden administration and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government, allowing each nation to refuse entry to aliens who have not first sought asylum in either Canada or the United States, depending on which side of the border they were coming from.

The new policies call for asylum seekers to have documents ready for prompt screenings on their eligibility under the 2023 agreement. Previously, aliens could postpone such screenings, and now they will have only four hours to consult with lawyers, as opposed to the previous 24-hour time period.

On the surface, it sounds as if US Customs and Border Protection (CPB) officials will be better able to stem a portion of the flow of migrants at the northern border, which has quickly grown from a trickle to a floodtide. But........

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