Nothing Humane: A Lament and Plea for Rights-Respecting Border Policies

Published: June 4, 2023, 10 a.m.

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In May, the Biden Administration announced a new border plan, which turns out to be more of the same, including recycling failed and dangerous policies. Even Federal asylum officers have called the new plan \\u201cinconsistent with the asylum law enacted by Congress, the treaties the United States has ratified, and our country\\u2019s moral fabric and longstanding tradition of providing safe haven to the persecuted.\\u201d We must continue to speak out against continued abuses and injustices against migrants, and to act in ways that embody and insist on the humanity, safety, and wellbeing of all \\u2013 including and especially vulnerable asylum seekers and refugees.

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