Chelsea Sachau, managing attorney for the Florence Immigrant and Refugee Rights Project, recently spoke at a webinar, saying that neither tough policies nor humane immigration policies will change anything at the border.
“This is not an ‘If you build it, they will come’ situation. Asylum seekers will keep coming because they have no other option, so we must build it,” Sachau said during a Nov. 28 webinar hosted by the #WelcomewithDignity campaign.
AZ: The Border Patrol checkpoint is also closed outside of Lukeville where the influx is currently happening—CBP says it is taking an “all hands on deck” posture to respond to the thousands of migrants crossing daily. https://t.co/3tyHZN1vtZ pic.twitter.com/PqpDqmnXyr
— Ali Bradley (@AliBradleyTV) November 28, 2023
The webinar featured a discussion on current immigration policy and how federal, state, and local governments can help create a welcoming asylum system.
But Azadeh Erfani, senior policy analyst for the National Immigrant Justice Center, said change has to start with President Joe Biden.
“The administration has also come up with its own punitive and unnecessary barriers to the right to asylum, such as subjecting…
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