Progressives Denounce Proposed Curb on Teenage Migration
15 Mar 2021
Pro-migration groups are denouncing an agency proposal to end the rule-breaking crush of young migrants at the border by temporarily blocking the entry of older 16-year-old and 17-year-old migrants, many of whom expect to pay their smuggling debts by taking Americans’ jobs.
“We write to express our grave concern about reports that Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that officials are considering using the Trump-era Title 42 policy to illegally and inhumanely expel 16- and 17-year-old unaccompanied children at the Southern border,” says the March 12 letter by 49 progressive groups who favor youth migration.
“We are ready and willing to support the Biden Administration’s efforts to ensure that all these children have access to safe shelter and care until their parents or another trusted adult can be identified,” the group wrote.
Fox News: Kevin McCarthy to Visit Border on Monday
9 Mar 2021
Rep. Kevin McCarthy, the GOP’s leader in the House, will spearhead a GOP delegation to the border on Monday, according to Fox News.
The announcement came house after President Joe Biden’s border deputy, Alejandro Mayorkas, admitted that “overwhelming numbers of migrants [are] seeking access to this country along the Southwest Border.”
Fox confirms that McCarthy will lead a contingent of House GOPers to the southern border on Monday
Also, Jen Psaki, Biden’s White House spokesman, suggested Tuesday that the flood of migrants is manageable because the administration is trying to create a new immigration pipeline from Central American into the United States regardless of Congress’s immigration laws: