No. of Recommendations: 2
And, as we said all along, there are executive levers that could have been pulled to secure the border. Joe Biden just...chose not to.
nbcnews.com - Biden weighs making harder migrants get asylum easier deportBiden administration weighs action to make it harder for migrants to get asylum and easier to deport them faster
Making it harder for migrants to qualify for asylum and deporting more recently arrived migrants are considered “low hanging fruit” and actions that can be taken quickly.The vast majority of migrants showing up want jobs. They're not fleeing political persecution. They're told when they arrive to ask for asylum and the administration's policy has been to parole them into the country.
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is considering taking unilateral action without Congress to make it harder for migrants to pass the initial screening for asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border and quickly deport recently arrived migrants who don’t meet the criteria, say three U.S. officials with knowledge of the deliberations.
The actions, which are still weeks away from finalization, are an effort to lower the number of migrants crossing the southern border illegally as immigration remains a top issue for voters heading into the 2024 presidential election.
Under the new policies, asylum officers would be instructed to raise the standards they use in their “credible fear interviews,” the first screening given to asylum-seekers who are trying to avoid deportation for crossing the border illegally. And Immigration and Customs Enforcement would be told to prioritize recently arrived migrants for deportation, in a “last in, first out” policy, the officials said.And there you go. A simple step that should have been taken years ago.
