On Thursday's “CNN This Morning,” Biden campaign co-chairman Sen. Chris Coons (D-Delaware) said the border has deteriorated so much that Democrats have changed their border policy in the last year or two. He said that he had changed his policy.
Co-host Phil Mattingly said, “From a policy standpoint, I think Democrats are in a different position on what they're willing to accept and what they're willing to agree to when it comes to immigration-related restrictions.'' Do you?” he asked. What happened a year ago, two years ago, at the border? ”
Mr. Koons replied: “Yes, I think there is a willingness, for example, to reconsider the initial screening criteria for asylum, because so many people are currently using the asylum process that they will ultimately Because they will be deemed ineligible after a court review” for asylum. That's one of the biggest changes in recent years.But there [are] Many Democrats question whether the policy changes demanded by Republicans will actually make a difference at the border. Most Democrats want regional engagement to address the situation in countries where people are flowing toward the United States, as well as changes to how asylum claims are reviewed and how people are detained or deported here. I want it. This has been a vigorous debate for as long as I have been in the Senate. We've been trying, and I hope the politics of the redistricting campaign don't get in the way of proving that there is some path forward here. ”
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