Senate Democrats and Union Warn Biden's Immigration Plan Violates Asylum Law and Risks Detaining Families Again.

A group of 12 Senate Democrats, including Bob Menendez and Alex Padilla, have criticized President Biden's proposed border policy, which would disqualify non-Mexican migrants from asylum if they cross the southern border unlawfully after failing to seek refuge in other countries en route to the U.S. The senators argue that the policy would violate U.S. asylum law and is a "revised version" of a near-total ban on asylum that the Trump administration enforced briefly in 2020. The Biden administration has argued that the policy is necessary to manage migration at the U.S.-Mexico border and prevent a spike in migrant arrivals later this spring.