WASHINGTON, D.C. — The following is a statement from Ali Noorani, Executive Director of the National Immigration Forum:
“The administration is manufacturing a crisis at a time when they should offering real solutions. As a result, a manageable situation is becoming worse.
“There’s a solution here if the president wants it: Devote resources to independent immigration judges who will consider claims for asylum fairly and accept or reject them quickly. Invest in the economic and social rebuilding of Central American countries. Establish in-region refugee processing centers so people are not forced to make this dangerous journey.
“The independent and moderate voters who are going to determine the outcome of this election want these kinds of solutions. Every day, there is more and more evidence that troop deployments, separations of families and vitriolic words are turning these voters away from the Republican Party.
“As a nation, we must respond to humanitarian situations with compassion and common sense.”
For more, please see:
- Evangelical Leaders Reject Trump’s Demonization of Migrants, Christian Post, Nov. 1
- Veterans slam Trump for border ‘stunt,’ CNN.com, Oct. 31
- A Proportional Response to Migrants Seeking Asylum: Judges, Not Troops (National Immigration Forum, Oct. 30)