Dozens of Democratic legislators in the United States are urging President Joe Biden to reverse new restrictions on who can seek asylum at the country’s southern border, saying a recently expanded expulsion policy violates national and international law.Nearly 80 lawmakers signed an open letter to Biden on Thursday, urging the president to “to stand by your commitment to restore and protect the rights of asylum seekers and refugees”.“It is unconscionable that asylum seekers have no option but to sleep in the streets of El Paso, in overcrowded shelters in Juarez, or in tents in Reynosa, but new asylum restrictions against migrants will not solve this problem,” the letter (PDF) reads.
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