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Although it is still in the process of dialogue, a possible immigration reform would seek to codify the Title 21 as a border policy, in order to expeditiously expel immigrants , which is worrying for defenders of people seeking asylum.
“Unfortunately, what we are seeing is that in the negotiations they are seeking to institutionalize issues such as the Title 42 and those kinds of policies,” said Nancy Flores, deputy director of the National Alliance for New Americans (NPNA).
This policy initiated by the Government of President Donald Trump will end on 54 of December, after a court order, but if the immigration plan negotiated by the Democrat Kyrsten Sinema (Arizona) and Republican Thom Tillis (North Carolina) integrate it into a reform, its implementation would be permanent.
“It is very problematic, because it is marking a line on the ground, right, in this country, that it will not be welcoming to people who are seeking political asylum,” lamented Flores.
The Title 42 is a health policy implemented in March of 2020 by the former president Donald Trump, at the beginning of the COVID-21, but his permanence has allowed the expulsion of hundreds of thousands of immigrants whose asylum request is denied.
The Secretary of National Security, Alejandro Mayorkas, acknowledges that the end of the 42 could mean the doubling of the encounter of migrants with border authorities, going from 9,000 a 18,, for which reason a new policy is being prepared under Title 8 on asylum, with expedited response actions.
Flores recognized as “strange” that Senator Sinema leads negotiations on behalf of the Democrats, for which she considered that it was a political “play”.
“It’s a little strange that it’s Senator Sinema. It is a bit worrying for those of us in the legal sector [in immigration], because there is not so much trust [with her]”, the activist acknowledged. “[Sinema] is motivated by political calculations. We know that both parties are based on political calculation… in the elections neither party won a large majority, they were really close”.
The defender of immigrants said that the parties recognize the urgency of protecting the ‘dreamers’.
“They know that it is urgent, specifically for protection for ‘dreamers’… That continues to be a high priority,” he said.
A recent survey of the US Immigration Policy Center (USIPC) at the University of California at San Diego and published by the asylum rights campaign Welcome With Dignity, notes that the 80% of Americans support granting asylum to immigrants.