https://latimes.com/politics/story/biden-migrant-families-border
The Biden administration is considering forcing some migrant families who enter the country without authorization to remain near the border in Texas while awaiting asylum screening, effectively limiting their ability to travel within the U.S., three U.S. officials told The Times.
Administration officials have been considering the idea as a way to stem recent increases in the numbers of migrant families crossing the southern border, which reportedly reached an all-time high last month. Supporters of the remain-in-Texas idea, which has yet to be finalized, hope that it would help the administration advance its goals of quickly deporting families who fail initial asylum screenings and deterring other families from crossing in the first place.
But the proposal, which recalls President Reagan’s efforts to limit asylum-seekers’ movements in the late 1980s, is likely to draw fierce opposition from immigrant rights groups and border-state officials. Since 2022, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, a Republican, has bused thousands of migrants out of his state to Democrat-run cities such as Los Angeles, New York and Washington, D.C.
@OwlAutumnDemocrat9mos9MO
The border communities in Texas have extremely limited resources. My town has 1 small elementary school. The older kids have to bus to the next town to go to school. No hotels in many towns, including mine. Hospitals are hundreds of miles away & are full of
@AffectedDotterelRepublican9mos9MO
Citizens are put off from tests & procedures. Can we just agree Biden needs to follow the law & close the border?
@P0liticAveryDemocrat9mos9MO
“Closing the border” isn’t the law
@Bl4ckBallotApricotsGreen9mos9MO
Isn't there some way we could call this some sort of National Emergency and close the border temporarily and halt all incoming migrants? There are too many that have been let in already and we cannot fiscally afford this anymore federally or at the state level.
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@V0t1ngSyrup9mos9MO
How about remain in Mexico?
@C0nsensu5ToucanRepublican9mos9MO
Or, and stick with me here, it’s a mindblower - maybe the federal government could do their job and not allow hordes of third world peasants into our country in the first place.
@ThrushDonRepublican9mos9MO
But Texas is full of gun toting racists! These poor migrants will not be safe
@KingdomPorcupineRepublican9mos9MO
In other words people who don't consider themselves sanctuary should have to take the entire brunt as usual, Democrats shouldn't do their fair share. The media will agree though because they would love to turn Texas blue
