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KARAH RUCKER: THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION HAS ANNOUNCED A NEW BORDER POLICY THAT COULD TAKE EFFECT IN MAY…TO REPLACE TRUMP-ERA TITLE 42.
THE PROPOSED MEASURE WOULD ALLOW FOR THE DEPORTATION OF ASYLUM-SEEKERS WHO CROSS THE BORDER ILLEGALLY.
UNDER CURRENT IMMIGRATION LAW – MIGRANTS FLEEING PERSECUTION CAN REQUEST ASYLUM, REGARDLESS OF HOW THEY ARRIVED ON U.S. SOIL, AND RECEIVE A HEARING IN A SWAMPED U.S. IMMIGRATION COURT SYSTEM.
UNDER BIDEN’S NEW RULE MIGRANTS WOULD BE INELIGIBLE FOR ASYLUM IF THEY ENTER ILLEGALLY – OR IF THEY FAILED TO APPLY FOR PROTECTIONS IN OTHER NATIONS THEY TREKKED THROUGH TO REACH THE U.S.
THE POLICY AT HAND IS SERVING AS A CATCH 22 FOR THE PRESIDENT. ALREADY UNPOPULAR WITH REPUBLICANS WHEN IT COMES TO IMMIGRATION – BUT SOME FROM HIS OWN PARTY AND MIGRANT ADVOCACY GROUPS ARE NOW CRITICIZING BIDEN’S LATEST PROPOSAL…COMPARING IT TO TRUMP-ERA BORDER POLICIES…COMPARISONS THE WHITE HOUSE HAS DENOUNCED.