Any policy changes should remain true to our values
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Press Release

 

 

For Immediate Release
Contact: Dan Gordon , 617-651-0841
Jan. 30, 2024

**Real Talk on the Border and (Actual) Solutions**

**WASHINGTON, D.C.**- With text of a Senate bill addressing the border
and limiting asylum anticipated this week - and as Texas challenges
the federal government's authority to enforce immigration law - the
following is a quote from Jennie Murray, President and CEO of the
National Immigration Forum: 

"We appreciate that Republican and Democratic senators have come to the
table to address these challenges. At the same time, any policy changes
must be effective and remain true to our values.

"The answer to strains on our asylum system is to commit more resources
and create alternate legal-immigration pathways - not give presidents
the authority to expel migrants,which has proved unsuccessful in the
past
,
nor to make asylum inaccessible even to many people who legitimately
have fled persecution and torture.

"Solutions with staying power would resource Customs and Border
Protection, as well as border communities and other cities receiving
migrants. On asylum, there must be a process that allows the U.S. to
remain a leader in humanitarian protection for people who genuinely need
it. We're open to adjusting our asylum process, including adjusting
the 'credible fear' standard - while also ensuring that people
with strong asylum claims can make them.

"We can't ignore that our immigration processes more broadly are
outdated. Whether this week or next, Republicans and Democrats should
work together on certainty for communities and employers who are
benefiting from the contributions of our Afghan allies, Dreamers, people
with Temporary Protected Status, and the farm workforce.

"Immigration, and immigration enforcement, are the responsibility of the
federal government, not Texas or any other individual state. Republican
and Democratic voters alikewant us to remain a refuge for the persecuted

andwant broader border and immigration solutions
.
Our elected officials have an opportunity to create policies that unite
us, rather than further feed the forces that polarize us."

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