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Dear John,
Yesterday, President Biden issued an executive order that his administration claims will bring order and security to the U.S.-Mexico border.
The reality is quite different—the order will not stop encounters at the border and will not address delays in processing. Asylum seekers will get turned back to persecution or worse. Only congressional action to reform our broken immigration system can solve the issues at the southern border.
We call on Congress to work together with President Biden to better resource our asylum system through hiring more asylum officers, immigration judges, and support staff; expand on regional efforts to share the critical work of responding to increased displacement; improve asylum and refugee processing; and communicate policy changes to asylum seekers and receiving communities and empower people to make informed decisions.
New analysis from the American Immigration Council dives into the president's executive action, what it means in practical terms, and what the implications are for those it directly impacts.
U.S. law is clear: all people physically present or arriving in the United States have a right to seek asylum. No president can erase that law from the books with the stroke of a pen.
We will keep you updated as the situation moves forward.
If you would like to support analysis like this, please consider making a gift to the American Immigration Council.
Sincerely,
Dara Lind
Senior Fellow
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