Immigration

Democrats ‘deeply disappointed’ by Biden administration’s proposal to restrict asylum

By Samantha-Jo Roth
Published February 22, 2023 12:49am ET
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Democrats ‘deeply disappointed’ by Biden administration’s proposal to restrict asylum
This May 29, 2019 photo released by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shows some of 1,036 migrants who crossed the U.S.-Mexico border in El Paso, Texas, the largest that the Border Patrol says it has ever encountered. | (U.S. Customs and Border Protection via AP)

Democrats are slamming President Joe Biden’s new proposed change to asylum rules that could penalize those who cross the border illegally without first asking for protection in a country they traveled through on their way to the United States.

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