US Bishops Urge Biden Administration to 'Reverse Its Present Course' on Immigration

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

50% : On the eve of President Joe Biden's scheduled Sunday visit to the U.S.-Mexico border to meet with local officials and border enforcement agents, the U.S. Catholic bishops announced their opposition to the administration's recent crackdown on illegal immigration to the United States.
49% : In his statement, Bishop Seitz declared the bishops' opposition to the new rules on the grounds that those fleeing violence have a right to seek safety in the U.S."We welcome the announcement of new legal pathways to the United States, but it is difficult for us to consider this progress when these same pathways are contingent on preventing those forced to flee their native land from availing themselves of the right to seek asylum at our border," the statement read.
48% : Migrants returned to Mexico under the new rules will not be eligible to request asylum in the U.S. for five years, The New York Times reported.
39% : Of the 2.2 million migrants stopped at the southern border in 2022, 1 million were turned away using Title 42, CBS reported.
37% : Biden announced Thursday that the U.S. will step up enforcement at the border and begin to turn away Cubans, Nicaraguans and Haitians who try to cross the U.S.-Mexico border illegally.
36% :Homeland Security officials will begin denying asylum to those who avoid the legal process and do not first seek asylum in the country they traveled through.

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