Fury over Biden’s new asylum policy grows after he thanks Poland for welcoming Ukrainian refugees

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https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/23/politics/biden-asylum-policy-ukraine-poland/index.html

 

On Tuesday afternoon, the Homeland Security and Justice Departments announced the administration’s most restrictive policy yet aimed at curbing the number of migrants seeking to apply for asylum at the US-Mexico border. The newly proposed rule – which would take effect in May and is reminiscent of a controversial policy dating back to Donald Trump’s administration – largely bars migrants who traveled through other countries on their way to the US southern border from applying for asylum in the US.

It marks a significant departure from longstanding protocol, which allows migrants to request asylum regardless of how they arrived on US soil.

Immigrant advocates and former Biden officials have slammed the new policy, calling it a pivot from Biden’s pledge to restore asylum and a move toward Trump-era policies. Biden has long promised to take a humane approach to the situation at the border – a promise that some critics say the current White House could risk breaking with some of their restrictive border policies.

Anu Joshi, deputy director of the National Political Advocacy Department at the American Civil Liberties Union, said in a statement: “This asylum ban is, at its core, Trump’s asylum ban under a different name.”

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9 hours ago, Boiler said:

“This asylum ban is, at its core, Trump’s asylum ban under a different name.”

Trump got barbecued, and Bidementia will get credit for "taking positive steps toward border security."