House Republicans pass border bill limiting asylum protections

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 House Republicans pass border bill limiting asylum protections
by Rebecca Beitsch - 05/11/23 4:25 PM ET

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 new Republican majority — was approved with a 219-213 vote, a day after wrangling over relatively minor sections of the bill briefly delayed its advancement.

Beyond building the wall, the legislation surges the hiring of border agents, seeking to bar them from doing any “processing” of migrants, language Democrats said would bar officers from doing a number of basic tasks.

But its most significant provisions slice away at asylum rights for those fleeing persecution and other pathways to come to the U.S., measures immigration advocates described as among the most extreme provisions to be seriously considered by the House in recent years.

“This is the largest human trafficking crisis I have ever witnessed in my lifetime, and it’s time for Congress to act and restore control to this uncontrolled border,” said House Foreign Affairs Chair Michael McCaul (R-Texas), one of the sponsors of the bill.

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https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4000363-house-republicans-pass-border-bill-limiting-asylum-protections/

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House Passes Sweeping Border Bill to Stop ‘Invasion’

The House passed a comprehensive border package Thursday, the same day the Biden administration strips border officials of one of the last tools to stem waves of illegal migration.

The vote for H.R. 2, the Secure the Border Act of 2023, passed 219 to 213 with no Democrat support. Two Republicans, Reps. Thomas Massie (R-KY) and John Duarte (R-CA) defected.

“This bill secures the border from President Biden’s record, crossings, record carelessness, and record chaos,” House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) said at a press conference after the bill’s passage.

The legislation comes as disorder at the already overwhelmed southern border ramps up because of the looming end to Title 42, a Trump-era policy border officials relied on to quickly expel illegal migrants in the name of coronavirus.

The policy is expiring when the declared national public health emergency expires Thursday night.

“It’s going to be chaotic for a while,” Biden admitted in a press conference Tuesday, claiming the administration was doing all they could to address what is expected to be a rush of hundreds of thousands migrants who have been waiting in Mexico.

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https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/05/11/house-passes-sweeping-border-bill-to-stop-invasion/

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ICYMI

Biden vows to veto House GOP immigration bill

by Naomi Lim, White House Reporter |
May 08, 2023 11:35 AM
President Joe Biden will veto House Republican attempts to pass an immigration bill, claiming the legislation will only complicate the situation at the southern border as the administration prepares for the end of Title 42.

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/biden-vows-to-veto-house-gop-immigration-bill

[Right_in_Virginia]

ICYMI

Biden vows to veto House GOP immigration bill

by Naomi Lim, White House Reporter |
May 08, 2023 11:35 AM
President Joe Biden will veto House Republican attempts to pass an immigration bill, claiming the legislation will only complicate the situation at the southern border as the administration prepares for the end of Title 42.

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/biden-vows-to-veto-house-gop-immigration-bill

I want this article included in Biden's official impeachment record.

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I want this article included in Biden's official impeachment record.

Is impeachment on the table??