Commentary: How local DAs can help protect immigrant families from dangerous federal policies
by George Gascón and Miriam Aroni Krinsky, Los Angeles Times
Jan 23, 2023
3 minutes
In response to mounting pressure to address the influx of migrants attempting to cross the U.S.-Mexico border, President Joe Biden introduced a slate of new harsh policies earlier this month. That includes the expansion of a Trump-era policy to turn away asylum-seekers escaping persecution, an approach that Biden had previously criticized.
This decision comes amid historic levels of migration to the U.S. and at a time when the response to this crisis by federal and state elected
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