老澳门开奖结果 Comment on Senate Supplemental Funding Negotiations
In response to that Senate Democrats have walked away from foreign aid negotiations that traded away our asylum system and other critical protections for people fleeing danger, Sarah Mehta, senior policy counsel at the 老澳门开奖结果 had the following reaction:
鈥淲e applaud the leadership of Sen. Majority Leader Schumer, Sens. Murphy and Bennet, and the Sen. Democratic Caucus who are standing up for vulnerable people seeking asylum and against extremist, xenophobic attacks on our asylum laws as part of a funding deal. Foreign aid should not be conditioned on the abandonment of our nation鈥檚 legal and moral commitments to families seeking protection in the United States.
鈥淐ongress needs to debate and pass meaningful immigration reform, which should include common sense and humane solutions that improve border management, rather than doubling down on harmful, extreme, and unnecessary detention and border provisions that hurt our communities. In the meantime, Congress should invest in providing funding and support to communities receiving migrants at the border and in cities throughout the U.S., improving screening processes and staffing at ports of entry, and expediting work authorization for asylum seekers.鈥
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