Opinion: Republicans are pushing for drastic asylum changes
Conservative Republicans in Congress are proposing legal changes that would make it harder for most applicants to get asylum.
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Conservative Republicans in Congress are proposing legal changes that would make it harder for most applicants to get asylum.
Setting up buoys in a section of the Rio Grande is more likely to result in migrants seeking pathways elsewhere, rather than deterring migration altogether.
Setting up buoys in a section of the Rio Grande is more likely to result in migrants seeking pathways elsewhere, rather than deterring migration altogether.
Setting up buoys in a section of the Rio Grande is more likely to result in migrants seeking pathways elsewhere, rather than deterring migration altogether.
Buoy barriers are shown in the middle of the Rio Grande in Eagle Pass, Texas, on July 18, 2023. Brandon Bell/Getty Images The Rio Grande is only about 328 feet, or about 99 meters, wide. But the waterway dividing Texas from northern Mexico is deceptively dangerous and routinely claims the lives of migrants who try to cross it, but get caught in undetected rip currents or otherwise drown. Now, it’s the site of a legal battle between the U.S. federal government and the state of Texas regarding the