WEEKLY U.S.-MEXICO BORDER UPDATE: HEAVY MIGRATION, NO CONGRESS DEAL, TEXAS LAW
The non-governmental community of migrants’ rights defenders continues to urge Democratic senators to refuse concessions that might weaken the decades-old right to seek asylum when on U.S. soil. A letter from four leading members of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops warned against new asylum restrictions, warning that they “will lead to many more deaths of immigrants on the border.” Marisa Limón Garza, executive director of the El Paso-based Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center, called on senators not to treat migrants as bargaining chips. Lorella Praeli of Community Change urged President Biden not to “ cave to the MAGA immigration agenda.” Added America’s Voice, “ It’s like having taken one step forward and a thousand back.” RAICES paid for a seven-story billboard message in New York’s Times Square, showing four times per hour, displaying the Statue of Liberty behind barbed wire and buoys and the legend “we all yearn to be free.”
