Democrats decry Biden executive order turning away some asylum seekers | US-Mexico border
Democrats decry Biden executive order turning away some asylum seekers
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/17772512
This is the best summary I could come up with:
“Frankly, I would have preferred to address this issue through bipartisan legislation, because that’s the only way to actually get the kind of system we have now that’s broken fixed – to hire more border patrol agents, more asylum officers, more judges.”
US representative Nanette Barragán of California, who chairs the Congressional Hispanic caucus, said Tuesday morning that she was “disappointed” in Biden’s direction with immigration policy, the New Republic reported.
California representative Judy Chu, chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American caucus, said she was “disappointed at the enforcement-only strategies” announced by Biden.
“Rather than address humanitarian issues at the border effectively and with the nuance they deserve, today’s actions will gut protections for countless migrants exercising their legal right to claim asylum,” she said.
US representative Raúl Grijalva, whose Arizona district borders Mexico, said that the order is a “significant departure from President Biden’s promise of a more humane and just approach to immigration”.
“The Biden administration just announced an executive order that will severely restrict people’s legal right to seek asylum, putting tens of thousands of lives at risk,” the organization said in a post on X.
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Isn’t it sad that the lives of real human beings are being threatened by political games?
It’s not like these are all a bunch of bad people coming to America seeking asylum. Their home countries have become violent and unlivable. They often pay coyotes and cartels their life savings to get to our doorstep. And now what? We just send them back because Biden needs to score political points with conservatives?
What a terrible shit show this country has become. As quoted in the article, all nuance has been forsaken. I can’t believe how inconsiderate, hateful, and stupid my fellow Americans have become.
