Advocates say Biden must end Stephen Miller policy using pandemic as excuse to expel asylum-seekers
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While Joe Biden has previously committed to ending anti-asylum policies like Remain in Mexico, the president-elect has been notably cautious about saying he’d end other disastrous and inhumane Trump policies, like the alleged public health order tAdvocates say Biden must end Stephen Miller policy using pandemic as excuse to expel asylum-seekers
While Joe Biden has previously committed to ending anti-asylum policies like Remain in Mexico, the president-elect has been notably cautious about saying he’d end other disastrous and inhumane Trump policies, like the alleged public health order the administration has used as an excuse to quickly expel asylum-seekers from the U.S. Shortly before the election, Biden’s campaign said he’d order a review of the policy. But following his win, advocates say he must also end it, citing the policy’s completely political nature. “The government has used the pandemic as a pretext to block and expel asylum-seekers to the countries they fled as well as Mexico under a CDC order that the agency’s own experts refuse to sign off on,” Human Rights First’s Kennji Kizuka said according to Border Report. Read more