Democrats slam President JoeBiden's border crackdown and point fingers at Republican 'obstruction'
Some Senate Democrats are not in favor of President Joe Biden's revitalized southern border strategy to limit border crossings, pinning some of the blame on Republican"obstruction."
However, four Senate Democrats — Sens. Bob Menendez , Cory Booker , Ben Ray Lujan , and Alex Padilla — condemned the administration's new strategy in a statement hours after the plan was announced. In the letter, the senators applauded the administration's intention to grant access to parole for 30,000 Cubans, Nicaraguans, Venezuelans, and Haitians but said it would not outweigh the strategy's possible harmful ramifications.
The senators also expressed dismay over the administration's new requirements for immigrants to apply for asylum from their current location.
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