DHS head defends administration's post-Title 42 asylum ban rules

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

51% : They also must not illegally cross the border, and if they left their homeland, must have claimed asylum in other countries prior to reaching the U.S. border.
49% :"Judge Jon Tigar has recognized that all individuals have the legal right to apply for asylum regardless of how they enter U.S. territory," said Jennifer Babaie, director of advocacy and legal services at Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center in El Paso.
49% : "Today's federal court ruling is a clear affirmation of our moral and legal obligation as a country to honor the right to seek asylum," said Jane Liu, director of policy and litigation at the Young Center for Immigrant Children's Rights.
45% : ""Banning desperate people from seeking asylum is not only cruel and ineffective, it also violates the law," said Todd Schulte, president of the bipartisan political organization FWD.us.
40% : McALLEN, Texas (Border Report) -- Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Tuesday afternoon defended the Biden administration's asylum rules that were put in place after Title 42 to deter illegal immigration across the Southwest border.
36% : "Those who fail to use one of the many lawful pathways we have expanded will be presumed ineligible for asylum and, if they do not have a basis to remain, will be subject to prompt removal, a minimum five-year bar on admission, and potential criminal prosecution for unlawful reentry," he said.
35% : Restricting the bedrock human right to seek asylum is illegal under Republican and Democratic administrations alike.

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