- Press Release
Extended Harsh Asylum Restrictions Won’t Fix Our Broken Immigration System
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced a joint final rule on September 30 that would extend the Biden administration’s asylum restrictions previously announced in June. In reaction, Jeremy Robbins, Executive Director of the American Immigration Council issued the following statement:
“We need a balanced approach to addressing challenges at our southern border and our overwhelmed, broken immigration system. Limiting asylum for many people once they’ve already arrived at the border doesn’t deliver long-term results and sends a message to the rest of the world that asylum is not a priority. Instead of putting attention and energy into making it far more difficult for asylum seekers to seek protections in the short term, we need to prioritize the sustained investments that will shore up our ports of entry, clear immigration court backlogs, and make our asylum system fair, fast, and just.”
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