Asylum Abuses Are Something Barney Frank and I Agree On
‘People around the world have learned they can claim asylum and remain in the U.S. indefinitely.’
By Andrew R. Arthur on August 12, 2024
Retired Democratic Massachusetts congressman Barney Frank took to the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal last week to support the Biden-Harris administration’s latest half-hearted effort to limit the number of migrants who can claim asylum. Frank and I don’t agree on much, but I fully embrace his contention that, “People around the world have learned they can claim asylum and remain in the U.S. indefinitely to pursue their claims without having any other legal authorization”, an abuse that is imposing costs borne disproportionately by “economically vulnerable Americans”.
The “Watered-Down” Asylum Regulation On June 4, the Biden-Harris administration issued a “Proclamation on Securing the Border”, complete with a “Fact Sheet”, DHS explainer, and (194-page) Federal Register notice with an implementing rule.
In explaining the Center’s formal comments on that rule, my colleague Elizabeth Jacobs referred to it as “a watered-down version of a 2018 Trump order that was intended to deter asylum abuse by barring illegal entrants from asylum eligibility”. That’s an apt description.
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