.HayesBrown: This immigration bill wants to champion human rights and appease xenophobia at the same time. That's not how things work.
, after Sinema offered a related proposal last year, immigration advocates warned that “trying to speed up asylum processing to a 72-hour turnaround timeframe would infringe on the due process rights of asylum seekers, forcing snap decisions with potential life-or-death consequences.”— the pandemic rule that allows asylum-seekers to be turned away at the border instantly — would remain in place for “at least a year,” according to NBC News.
But when what progress being made further damages an already weakened system, then that’s incrementalism in name only. By themselves, the 21 Democrats who signed that letter could tank the Sinema-Tillis framework in the House. But their opposition wouldn’t even come into play unless Republicans in the House and the Senate alike supported it in the first place. And that seems like a long shot — at best. Sinema and Tillis are reportedly hoping to get enough support in the coming days to include the provision in the must-pass omnibus spending bill that will keep the government open.
But when what progress being made further damages an already weakened system to support asylum-seekers specifically and facilitate immigration more broadly, then that’s incrementalism in name only. It’s all moot, though, because the votes just aren’t going to be there for Sinema and Tillis. That’s not because there aren’t any good pieces in this proposed framework. There are. It’s because the “moderate” instinct to appease xenophobia and protect human rights can’t be reconciled.
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