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NEWS: Congressman Jamaal Bowman Outraged by Biden Administration’s Asylum Decision 

NEW YORK, NY – Today, the Biden Administration announced an excessive ban on who can request asylum at the United States’ border. Congressman Jamaal Bowman, Ed.D. (NY-16) released the following statement in response:

“I am deeply outraged by the Biden Administration’s proposed ban on asylum seekers. The purpose of domestic and international asylum law is to provide safety to migrants fleeing dangerous and inhumane situations. By barring migrants from seeking asylum in the U.S. if they have not sought asylum in other countries they have passed through, the Biden Administration would  reverse the United States’ long-standing policy protections for individuals escaping human rights violations. Our immigration policies already fall short in supporting asylum-seekers, but this ban would go further by attacking the very bedrock of our most basic commitment to asylum. By almost imitating a Trump-era asylum ban the Biden Administration is attempting to implement an extreme immigration policy that is not supported by U.S. law.  I’m standing with our powerful immigrant communities and resolutely opposing this ban. Let us right the wrongs of history and not cower to lies about immigration. We must help those who need it the most.”

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