Senate Republicans are demanding repairs to America’s “broken asylum process” as a condition for passing President Biden’s $106 billion emergency spending request to Congress.
Members of the Senate Republican Working Group released a one-page document Monday titled “Solutions for the Southern Border Crisis” that outlines several policy changes aimed at reducing the number of migrants crossing the US-Mexico border.
The GOP task force, whose members include Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.), Lindsey Graham (RS.C.) and Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), hope to attach migrant asylum and parole modifications to the president’s 80-year-old national security supplement, which is asking for more than $61 billion for Ukraine, $14.3 billion for Israel and $14 billion for border security.
“The crisis on the southern border is a direct result of failed policies. The Senate Republican Working Group is presenting solutions to fix these failed policies, instead of just throwing more money at a worsening problem,” the document, which was inspired by the House GOP Border Security Act – HR 2 – passed in May, states.
Senate Republicans are demanding an overhaul of the asylum system as a condition for passing President Biden’s $106 billion emergency spending request to Congress. Go Nakamura for the New York Post Biden previously vowed to veto Republic proposed changes to the US immigration system.NYPJ
“This resolution, taken from that found in HR 2, prioritizes the most critical concrete and substantive policy reforms to control the border and stem the flow of migrants immediately. Securing our southern border should be a key component of our national security,” the lawmaker said.
Senate Republicans have called US asylum laws “a major loophole that ‘draws’ illegal immigrants” across the border.
In their proposal, the GOP task force called for immigrants to be ineligible for asylum if they have transited through at least one country outside their country of origin before arriving in the US.
Migrants are also ineligible for asylum if they have committed a felony or other serious crime, including, gang-related offenses, DUI, child abuse, domestic violence, certain controlled substance offenses and aggravated assault or battery.
Lawmakers also sought to raise the “credible fear of persecution” standard for asylum from “significantly likely” to “more likely than not.”
Under the GOP proposal, immigrants would be required to make their asylum requests at ports of entry, a change from the current system that allows immigrants to claim asylum when they are apprehended by Border Patrol agents after entering the US illegally.
US Border Patrol agents process an immigrant in Jacumba, California last month.ALLISON DINNER/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock Senate Republicans call US asylum laws “a major loophole that ‘pulls’ illegal immigrants” across the border.Michael Brochstein/Sipa USA Republican The senator sought to raise the “credible fear of persecution” standard for asylum from “significantly likely” to “more likely than not.” ZUMAPRESS.com
Separately, the proposal calls for changes to the humanitarian parole system as well, arguing that the Biden administration has abused a program that allows immigrants to make appointments for entry at legal ports of entry without providing a direct path to citizenship.
The document directs the Biden administration to prohibit the Department of Homeland Security from using “broad class-based criteria” to grant humanitarian parole, allow parole only for immigrants who are not in the country, limit the use of parole to rare cases, and when used. , give a parole period of 1 year or less.
The Biden administration has used humanitarian parole to resettle more than 200,000 refugees from Afghanistan and Ukraine, and hundreds of thousands more from countries including Venezuela, Cuba and Haiti.
Senate Republicans are also calling for resuming border wall construction and higher pay for Border Patrol agents. Go Nakamura for the New York Post
The plan also calls for reviving the Trump-era “Remain in Mexico” policy, which allows US border authorities to return migrants to Mexico while their asylum claims play out in the court system.
“Require the return of aliens to an adjacent country during their immigration proceedings if DHS is unable to detain or transfer them to a safe third country,” the action plan said. “This would also authorize the suspension of entry of certain inadmissible aliens (similar to authority under the Title 42 order) if DHS deems it necessary to achieve ‘operational control.
Senate Republicans also called for resuming border wall construction and a focus on “tactical infrastructure, advanced surveillance and the most effective technology,” along with higher pay for Border Patrol agents.
Biden has previously vowed to veto the House border security bill if it reaches his desk. It’s unclear how open the White House is this time to a bill tying aid to Ukraine and Israel to border security measures.
The president did not attend a White House meeting last week with Democratic mayors seeking $5 billion to fund local services for immigrants released at the US-Mexico border.
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