An editorial in the Washington Post starts by saying the obvious: the current U.S. asylum policies and procedures are not working and that this is due to lack of resources (insufficient number of immigration judges and facilities to house immigrant families).[1]
In addition, the editorial says “the best policies are those that open new doors. The offer of ‘humanitarian parole’ for Cubans, Haitians and Nicaraguans applying from their home country radically cut border encounters.”
Thus, the editorial concludes, “A bipartisan agreement — more border resources and procedural reforms, in return for more avenues in — has the best shot of fixing the border.”
It, however, failed to address the more challenging issues of what resources in what amounts should be added and details on what new avenues into the U.S. should be adopted.
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[1] Editorial, Here’s a deal to restore asylum and order, at the border, Wash Post (Nov. 27, 2023).
