Democrats accuse Joe Biden of ‘violating’ law – By Fatma Khaled (Newsweek) / Jan 26, 2023
A coalition of democratic lawmakers and senators sent a letter to President Joe Biden opposing the expansion of Title 42 and his proposed asylum “transit ban”, arguing that those measures violate asylum law and international obligations.
The 77 democrats, who signed the Wednesday letter urging Biden to reverse Title 42 and to drop the transit ban rule, include Senator Bob Menendez of New Jersey, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Senator Cory Booker of New Jersey, and Representative Greg Casar of Texas.
“We urge the Biden Administration to engage quickly and meaningfully with members of Congress to find ways to adequately address migration to our southern border that do not include violating asylum law and our international obligations,” the Democrats said in their letter to Biden.
Menendez’s office said in a statement on Thursday that the lawmakers emphasized that immigration policies and actions shouldn’t “come at the expense of fulfilling our commitment to restore and protect the rights of asylum seekers and refugees.”
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