A new set of border security measures introduced this month by the Biden administration is facing significant pushback from both Republicans and Democrats across the U.S.
expanded by the Biden administration earlier this month — which the Department of Homeland Security has said is working to slow down illegal border crossings — is facing significant backlash from both Republicans and Democrats, but for very different reasons.
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks with members of the U.S. Border Patrol as they walk along the U.S.-Mexico border fence in El Paso, Texas, on January 8, 2023.97% drop in encounters The expansion of Title 42 and its asylum ineligibility rule immediately drew fury from left-wing activist groups, the U.N. and some Democrats for allegedly limiting the right to asylum. The U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights said that the measures"appear to be at variance with the prohibition of collective expulsion and the principle of non-refoulment.
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