Haley urges Congress to make changes to border bill: ‘We need this fix now’  

Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley urged Congress to amend the bipartisan border agreement unveiled by Senate negotiators on Sunday, telling lawmakers: “We need this amendment now.” .

“They need to stay there. They need to understand this. They need to adjust it and fix it as much as possible and they shouldn’t leave D.C. until they get a border bill.” Haley told Fox News’ Neil Cavuto on Monday. “And no, we’re not waiting for a general election to do this.”

A bipartisan group of senators announced a deal Sunday night to address the immigration crisis at the U.S. southern border, but it quickly faced pushback from top House Republicans and allies of former President Trump. President Trump slammed the bill on Monday, calling it “a great gift to Democrats and a death wish to Republicans.”

Prominent senators, including Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas), have also expressed concerns about the bill.

Haley told Kabuto that one of the things she liked about the bill was the changes it would make to the asylum application process, by requiring asylum seekers to have a “reasonable likelihood” of being persecuted or tortured. He said the aim is to raise the standards for applications. their country.

However, Haley explained that she doesn’t like some aspects of the bill, including that it does not require asylum seekers to remain in Mexico while their application is processed, and that the bill does not require asylum seekers to remain in Mexico during the processing of their application, nor does it require a one-day pass. He explained that he would set a standard for the number of times to be 5,000. Before unpromising immigrants are turned away at the border.

“Our borders are completely open. America is acting like it’s September 10th, but we better remember what September 12th was like, because one person “Just crossing the border creates a 9/11 moment,” Haley said, arguing that Trump wanted to wait until the events of September 12 were over. General elections to address border issues.