'Do not — do not — just show up at the border.' In an effort to address the crisis at the U.S. border with Mexico, President Biden announced steps to make it easier for migrants to apply for asylum without first making what is often a dangerous trek.
Immigration advocates called the new measures onerous and out of step with Biden’s campaign promises. The restrictions on how and where asylum could be sought are “right out of the Trump playbook,” Eleanor Acer of Human Rights FightsPresident Biden delivers remarks on border security policies in the White House on Thursday, in Washington, D.C., as Vice President Kamala Harris looks on.
Biden has been roundly criticized by conservatives, and some Democrats, for not moving more forcefully to address thefleeing poverty, violence and authoritarian regimes in countries such as Cuba, Venezuela, Haiti and Nicaragua.For months, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has been sending busloads of migrants to New York and Washington, D.C.
“I think what we very thoughtfully asked ourselves in Colorado is how can we help folks who have been through a long journey,”In his White House remarks, Biden blamed Congress for failing to enact the kind of immigration reform members of both parties have described as necessary. Despite efforts during the administrations of both George W. Bush and Barack Obama, lawmakers have failed to agree on how to handle the questions of both legal and illegal immigration.
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