"Nothing Humane": A Lament and Plea for Rights-Respecting Border Policies

"Nothing Humane": A Lament and Plea for Rights-Respecting Border Policies

Author: Dr. Roger Ray June 4, 2023 Duration: 20:15

In May, the Biden Administration announced a new border plan, which turns out to be more of the same, including recycling failed and dangerous policies. Even Federal asylum officers have called the new plan "inconsistent with the asylum law enacted by Congress, the treaties the United States has ratified, and our country's moral fabric and longstanding tradition of providing safe haven to the persecuted." We must continue to speak out against continued abuses and injustices against migrants, and to act in ways that embody and insist on the humanity, safety, and wellbeing of all – including and especially vulnerable asylum seekers and refugees.


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