CORREA STATEMENT ON BIDEN ADMINISTRATION EXECUTIVE ORDER TO SHUT DOWN THE BORDER

WASHINGTON — Today, following the Biden Administration’s announcement of an executive order that would limit asylum and allow the President to “shut down” the southern border, Representative Lou Correa (CA-46), the top Democrat on the House Border Security and Enforcement Subcommittee, released the following statement: 

“The President has been dealt an unfortunate hand, and is taking actions today in spite of the consistent inaction of our colleagues on the other side of the aisle to meaningfully address the challenges at our border. However, I’m concerned that this Executive Action to close the border—without delivering protections and a pathway to citizenship for those who’ve lived and worked in this country for decades—sets us back to square one and takes a page out of this years-old failed playbook that hurts our economy.”

“Attempts like this, to ‘close’ the border, do nothing but put lives at risk and dampen our nation’s economic prosperity. We should be working on solutions like legal pathways to citizenship and additional personnel to manage trade and immigration at our ports of entry, and long-term solutions like creating good-paying jobs and reducing violence south of the border to address the root causes of the refugee challenge in our hemisphere.”

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