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![A Venezuelan immigrant holds her daughter after spending the night camped alongside the U.S.-Mexico border fence on December 22, 2022, in El Paso, Texas.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/02/2023_0223-asylum-seekers-400x300.jpg)
Democrats: Biden’s New Asylum Policy Is “Almost Identical” to Trump Transit Ban
“The policy flies in the face of international law, U.S. law and basic morality,” said Rep. Ilhan Omar.
![People cook food on an open fire by the US/Mexico border fence](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/02/2023_0222-border-wall-400x300.jpg)
Critics Decry New Biden Rule as “Trump’s Asylum Ban Under a Different Name”
Those who don't meet the strict asylum eligibility requirements under the rule would be subject to quick deportation.
![President Joe Biden speaks to Congress during his State of The Union address on February 8, 2023 in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/02/GettyImages-1246881211-400x300.jpg)
There Was No Mention of 853 Migrant Deaths in 2022 in Biden’s State of the Union
We need the wholesale immigration reform we were promised and a president that understands that asylum is immutable.
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Biden Calls for a Pathway for DREAMers and Further Border Militarization in SOTU
Rep. Delia Ramirez says compassion should be at the center of the debate on immigration.
![A girl sits on the ground as migrants wait to be processed by US Border Patrol on October 9, 2022 in Eagle Pass, Texas.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/02/GettyImages-1243967593-400x300.jpg)
Nearly 1,000 Migrant Kids Separated From Families Under Trump Still Not Reunited
While Biden's DHS attempts to reunite families divided under Trump, it continues to separate others through deportation.
![Rep. Andy Biggs is seen outside a meeting of the House Republican Conference in the U.S. Capitol on January 3, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/01/2023_0131-andy-biggs-400x300.jpg)
Arizona Congressman Andy Biggs Eulogizes Racist Former State Lawmaker
Former Arizona state lawmaker Russell Pearce suggested sterilizing women who sought out public assistance.
![Flanked by Reps. Cori Bush and Greg Casar, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez speaks during a news conference with Democratic lawmakers about the Biden administrations border politics, outside the U.S. Capitol on January 26, 2023, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/01/2023_0126-asylum-is-a-right-400x300.jpg)
AOC Leads 76 Democrats in Urging Biden Officials to Reverse Title 42 Expansion
“This administration is making it effectively impossible to seek refuge at our border,” Ocasio-Cortez said.
![24 People Face Trial for Giving Life-Saving Assistance to Migrants in Europe](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/01/SEG3-Okeowo-Migrants-Split-400x300.jpg)
24 People Face Trial for Giving Life-Saving Assistance to Migrants in Europe
A European Parliament report described the trial as Europe’s “largest case of criminalization of solidarity.”
![Undocumented immigrants are loaded onto a bus to be transported off Marthas Vineyard in Edgartown, Massachusetts, on September 16, 2022.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/01/2023_0110-immigration-400x300.jpg)
Biden Admin Needs to Confront GOP’s and Its Own Immigration Policy Failures
Republicans bussing migrants across the U.S. are fomenting chaos to advance a “crisis” narrative of their own making.
![A Border Patrol agent processes asylum-seekers at a gap in the U.S.-Mexico border fence near Somerton, Arizona, on December 26, 2022.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/01/2023_0109-border-patrol-400x300.jpg)
Biden’s Expansion of Title 42 Takes Us Further From Humane Border Policy
Far from enhancing public health, Title 42 undermines it by creating cruel and inhumane conditions for migrants.