[ElectricalPast]

"The right of asylum (sometimes called right of political asylum, from the Ancient Greek word ἄσυλον[1][2]) is an ancient juridical concept, under which a person persecuted by his own country may be protected by another sovereign authority, such as another country or church official, who in medieval times could offer sanctuary. This right was already recognized by the Egyptians, the Greeks, and the Hebrews, from whom it was adopted into Western tradition."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_of_asylum

Asylum seekers do not have to be fleeing political persecution but violence or persecution in general.

Furthermore, many of the people crossing at our southern border are not Mexicans. Many are central- and south-Americans fleeing horrible civil strife.

[sol_remmy]

Except America does not practice the biblical definition of asylum just like it does not practice the biblical definition of marriage.

And in the ancient days, you often had to live in a country such as Judea for three generations before being accepted as a member of the country. You couldn't seek asylum and then be voting in elections five years later.