Inhofe Bill Addresses Flores and 'Credible Fear' Loopholes
It would also take criminal aliens off of the street
By Andrew R. Arthur on April 21, 2021
Much of the Biden administration’s response (or lack thereof) to the ongoing border crisis has been based on its assessment of “push factors†driving migrants to the United States. The “Asylum Abuse Reduction Act†(S. 863), introduced by Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) on March 18, takes a more effective tack by addressing “pull factors†— and in particular loopholes in U.S. law — drawing those migrants to the United States. And it would help get criminal aliens off the streets, to boot.
To listen to the current administration, you would assume that illegal migration to the United States is inevitable because it is based on problems that are outside of our nation’s control. For example, in his March 16 “Statement Regarding the Situation at the Southwest Borderâ€, DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas asserted:
Poverty, high levels of violence, and corruption in Mexico and the Northern Triangle countries [El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras] have propelled migration to our southwest border for years. The adverse conditions have continued to deteriorate. Two damaging hurricanes that hit Honduras and swept through the region made the living conditions there even worse, causing more children and families to flee.
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