Refugee Groups And Democrats Blast Biden's Harsh Message To Migrants

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.) toured a Catholic Charities shelter and an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility Friday in Laredo, Texas, and met with local activists and Border Patrol staff.
51% : It is legal under international and U.S. law for those fleeing their home country to ask for asylum at a port of entry -- no matter how they enter the country.
46% : "We are funding law enforcement, and the carceral system and deportation system, but we're not funding the care system here at the border," he added.
45% : "Seeking asylum is a legal right and a human right."
45% : In his CNN appearance, Biden described his administration's intention to set up a system for migrants and asylum seekers from El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala to apply for asylum from their home countries, but immigration advocates said that plan on its own isn't practical.
45% : But even if they are safe and appropriate additional pathways to migration, they can never be an alternative to asylum -- they should just be additional," Obser said.
42% : "President Biden promised to build a fair and humane immigration system, and by denying people full access to asylum, he's breaking that promise," said Denise Bell, a researcher for refugee and migrant rights at Amnesty International USA.

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