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Migrants reach through a border wall for clothing handed out by volunteers as they wait between two border walls to apply for asylum on May 12, 2023, in San Diego
HUMAN rights groups have condemned an order by US President Joe Biden imposing immediate restrictions on migrants seeking asylum after crossing the Mexican border.
Tuesday’s long-anticipated presidential proclamation will deny asylum to migrants when US officials deem that the southern border is overwhelmed.
Global Refuge president and chief executive Krish O’Mara said: “We’re troubled to see this administration raise the bar on asylum-seekers who are coming to our southern border and exercising a legal right.
The fatal shooting of Alex Pretti, a registered nurse and union member, has sparked nationwide protests and renewed calls from National Nurses United to dismantle Ice and related agencies, says MARK GRUENBERG
DIANE ABBOTT warns that Shabana Mahmood’s draconian asylum proposals fuel racist scapegoating and risk demoralising Labour’s base – potentially paving the way for Farage to No 10
