#White House, House GOP eye asylum limits

#White House, House GOP eye asylum limits

Asylum protections were the target of the left and the right this week, as both the White House and the House GOP laid out plans for limiting pathways for those fleeing persecution. While Republicans rolled out a plan to severely limit asylum rights — arguing such a move is necessary with the lifting of Title…

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#GOP senators disavow Trump on debt ceiling, signaling growing rift

#GOP senators disavow Trump on debt ceiling, signaling growing rift

Senate Republicans are disavowing former President Trump’s call to let the federal government default on its debts unless President Biden agrees to “massive” spending cuts, dismissing Trump’s suggestion as something far too risky to seriously consider.   The cold reception to Trump’s bold statement is the latest sign of the widening rift between Trump and his party’s Washington…

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#GOP border bill limiting asylum protections passes House

#GOP border bill limiting asylum protections passes House

House Republicans on Thursday passed their long-promised border crackdown, voting to finish former President Trump’s border wall and severely restrict access to asylum the same day President Biden is set to lift the use of Title 42. H.R. 2 — originally designed to be one of the first major pieces of legislation passed under the…

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#GOP border bill would gut pathways to asylum 

#GOP border bill would gut pathways to asylum 

A Republican border and immigration bill set to come to the House floor Thursday would represent one of the biggest clawbacks of asylum rights in decades if enacted, experts warn.  The GOP is aiming to pass the bill May 11 — the same day President Biden is set to lift Title 42. It’s a move that will…

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