Democrats decry Biden executive order turning away some asylum seekers
by Gloria Oladipo in New York and Chris Stein in Wash from US news | The Guardian on (#6N9MJ)
US representatives Nanette Barragan, Judy Chu and Raul Grijalva say order guts legal rights, while ACLU threatens to sue
Progressive Democrats and immigration advocates have shared their outrage after Biden signed an executive order on Tuesday that would turn away some asylum seekers.
Biden's order will temporarily shut down the US-Mexico border to asylum seekers attempting to enter the country legally when authorities have determined that the border is overwhelmed".
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