Senate Republicans are demanding an overhaul of the United States’ “broken asylum process” as a condition of approving Congress of President Biden’s $106 billion emergency spending request.
Members of the Senate Republican Task Force on Monday released a one-page document titled “Solutions for the Southern Border Crisis” that outlines several policy changes aimed at reducing the number of migrants passing through the U.S. border. Mexico.
The GOP task force, whose members include Sens. James Lankford (R-Okla.), Lindsey Graham (R-Ark.), and Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), hopes to attach the asylum and parole amendments at 80- The president’s national security supplement from a year ago, requesting 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 Task Force is presenting solutions to fix these failed policies, rather than simply spending more money on a worsening problem,” states the document, inspired by the Party’s Border Security Act (HR 2). House Republican, passed in May. .
Senate Republicans are demanding an overhaul of the asylum system as a condition of approving Congress of President Biden’s $106 billion emergency spending request. Go Nakamura for the New York Post Biden has previously vowed to veto the Republic’s proposed changes to the US immigration system NYPJ
“These solutions, drawn from those found in HR 2, prioritize the concrete and meaningful policy reforms that are most critical to securing the border and stopping the flow of migrants immediately. Securing our southern border should be a key component of our national security,” the lawmakers argue.
Senate Republicans call U.S. asylum laws “the main loophole that ‘lures’ illegal aliens” across the border.
In its proposal, the GOP task force requires that migrants be ineligible for asylum if they have transited through at least one country outside their home country before arriving in the United States.
Immigrants would also be ineligible for asylum if they have committed felonies or other serious crimes, including gang-related crimes, DUI, child abuse, domestic violence, certain controlled substance crimes, and extreme cruelty or assault.
Lawmakers also seek to raise the “credible fear of persecution” asylum standard from “significant possibility” to “more likely than not.”
Under the GOP proposal, immigrants would have to file their asylum claims at a port of entry, a change from the current system that allows immigrants to apply for asylum when they are caught by Border Patrol agents after entering illegally. USA.
A US Border Patrol agent processes a migrant in Jacumba, California, last month.ALLISON DINNER/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock Senate Republicans call US asylum laws “the main loophole that ‘attracts ‘ illegal aliens” across the border.Michael Brochstein/Sipa USA Republican Senators seek to raise the asylum standard from “credible fear of persecution” from “significant possibility” to “more likely than not.” ZUMAPRESS.com
Separately, the proposal also seeks changes to the humanitarian permit system, arguing that the Biden administration has abused the program that allows migrants to make appointments to enter a legal port of entry without providing them with a direct path to citizenship.
The document directs the Biden administration to prohibit the Department of Homeland Security from using “broad class-based criteria” for granting humanitarian parole, allow parole only for immigrants not currently in the country, limit the use of parole to rare cases and when used, grant parole terms 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 such as Venezuela, Cuba and Haiti.
Senate Republicans are also calling for a resumption of border wall construction and higher salaries for Border Patrol agents. Go Nakamura for the New York Post
The plan also calls for a revival of the Trump-era “Remain in Mexico” policy, which allowed U.S. border authorities to return migrants to Mexico while their asylum claims were processed through the court system.
“Require the return of aliens to a contiguous country during their immigration proceedings if DHS cannot detain them or remove them to a safe third country,” the plan states. “This would also allow suspension of entry of certain inadmissible aliens (similar to authority under a Title 42 order) if DHS deems it necessary to achieve ‘operational control.'”
Senate Republicans are also calling for a resumption of border wall construction and a focus on “tactical infrastructure, advanced surveillance and the most effective technology,” along with higher salaries for Border Patrol agents.
Biden previously vowed to veto the House border security bill if it reached his desk. It is unclear how open the White House would be to a bill this time linking aid to Ukraine and Israel with 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 migrants released at the U.S.-Mexico border.
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