“The moms and families who seek asylum in the United States are trying to escape violence and persecution to protect and care for their children. It is disappointing that the Biden administration is adopting policies that will deny access to asylum for so many of them while putting unaccompanied children in danger and consigning thousands of vulnerable moms and families to grave physical harm when they are expelled to Mexico.

“Title 42 expulsions should be ended, not expanded, and the Trump ban on people who traveled here to seek asylum should not continue in any form. While we welcome the new parole programs for some people from Cuba, Haiti and Nicaragua, it is very concerning that other asylum-seekers from those countries will be rapidly expelled. It is also alarming that the Biden administration is increasing its use of expedited removal to rapidly remove immigrants and subjecting them to a five-year ban from re-entering the United States.  

“Real solutions will only come when Republicans abandon their hateful rhetoric and stop demonizing immigrants and asylum-seekers, and Congress fixes our long-broken immigration system. The Biden administration has a legal and moral obligation to put humanitarian needs first, protect the rights of asylum-seekers, restore our asylum laws, and once and for all end the cruel, racist anti-asylum policies the Trump administration put in place. America’s moms want every asylum-seeker to be treated with dignity, compassion, and respect.”