Group of Senate Democrats says Biden's proposed border policy violates U.S. asylum law

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A dozen Senate Democrats forcefully denounced a sweeping border restriction President Biden hopes will deter migration, telling the administration in a formal comment on Monday that it would violate U.S. asylum law if it moves forward with the proposal.

refugee agency, in formally imploring the administration to immediately withdraw the regulation.

"Although we support the administration's goal of managing migration at the U.S.-Mexico border by creating new efficiencies in the asylum system, this rule violates our legal obligations to protect refugees fleeing persecution and usurps Congressional authority by adding unlawful bars to asylum eligibility," the senators added.

The scathing rebuke from a dozen Democratic Senators and allies of the White House on most policy matters illustrates the tricky political situation Mr. Biden has found himself in two years into his presidency amid an unprecedented migration crisis along the southern border, where migrants have been arriving in greater numbers and from more countries than any time in U.S. history.

While U.S. border officials have expelled hundreds of thousands of migrants under Title 42 since the public health law was invoked in March 2020 by the Trump administration, the U.S. could only expel Mexicans and some Central Americans to Mexico before Mexican officials agreed to accept Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans in January.

 

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Cut it off! No More ! Shut the fing door.

There is a solution to the immigration crisis for the US --- massive border security and strict immigration laws. However, the Dems don't view a solution as one-sided. Is there a solution to a continent bigger than the US in both size and population with dysfunctional govs.?

One million... Two million... Three million... Even sanctuary state NY is complaining it's full & giving free bus tickets to Canada.

Hmm! The Congress passes the laws, the President enforces the laws! Are they mad at Biden because he's starting to do his Constitutional duty, all be it a couple years late?

Until Congress legislates and passes a comprehension immigration reform bill something definitely needs to be done and the Biden plan sounds reasonable and effective.

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This only applies to illegally crossing migrants who get caught. Dems are literally pro- illegal immigration

When both sides are mad, you are usually doing it right, good for Biden

Democrats - So we will just sit back with our open border policy n' do nadda. Same ole, same ole. People too deplorable to figure this 'stuff' out.

Biden’s in a tough spot. Put Trumps successful policies back in place and piss off your party or allow the worse border situation in history to continue.

The asylum law needs to go. They turned a single niche case into a country wide broad immigration plan? It's time to repeal it.

The Nashville Shooter was a Trans christophobic Bigot with a hate filled targeted Manifesto DemocratsAreEvil

Its not worse than trump

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