Las Americas Reacts to Biden's Plan to Expedite Removing Migrants From U.S.

“Las Americas supports efforts to expand family reunification pathways for people from El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Colombia, however, we are deeply concerned about the administration's continuous focus on deterrence policies instead of utilizing resources to make the U.S. asylum system accessible and equitable. Based on the information released today, it seems that the administration seeks to make it easier to remove individuals and families from the U.S. without due process protections by making it ever more difficult to qualify for asylum. This is both cruel and a violation of our legal obligations. Everyone deserves safety, regardless of where they live. We urge the Biden administration to work closely with direct service providers to maximize refugee resettlement and to make it complementary to, rather than a replacement for, asylum at the U.S./Mexico border."

-Jennifer Babaie, Las Americas Director of Advocacy & Legal Services