Senator Bob Menendez
Menendez, Ocasio-Cortez, Booker, Luján, Padilla, Casar, Grijalva Lead Bicameral Coalition of Nearly 80 Lawmakers in Pushing Back Against the Biden Administration’s Expansion of Title 42 and Proposed Asylum Transit Ban
U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J) and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.-14), alongside Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Sen. Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Rep. Greg Casar (D-Texas-35), and Rep. Raúl Grijalva (D-Ariz.-07), today led a bicameral group of nearly 80 lawmakers urging President Joe Biden to reverse his administration’s expansion of the failed border policy known as Title 42 and to abandon the proposed asylum “transit ban” rule.” The lawmakers also encouraged the President and his administration to work with Congress to ensure they develop safe, humane, and orderly border policies that enforce our immigration laws and uphold the right to asylum under domestic and international law.
Sens. Menendez and Booker and Reps. Ocasio-Cortez and Casar hosted a press conference outside the Senate steps today to detail their request to President Biden. Sen. Ed Markey and Reps. Judy Chu, Jan Schakowsky, Yvette Clarke, and Cori Bush participated in the press conference.
Menendez, Ocasio-Cortez, Booker, Luján, Padilla, Casar, Grijalva Lead Bicameral Coalition of Nearly 80 Lawmakers in Pushing Back Against the Biden Administration’s Expansion of Title 42 and Proposed Asylum Transit Ban
U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J) and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.-14), alongside Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Sen. Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Rep. Greg Casar (D-Texas-35), and Rep. Raúl Grijalva (D-Ariz.-07), today led a bicameral group of nearly 80 lawmakers urging President Joe Biden to reverse his administration’s expansion of the failed border policy known as Title 42 and to abandon the proposed asylum “transit ban” rule.” The lawmakers also encouraged the President and his administration to work with Congress to ensure they develop safe, humane, and orderly border policies that enforce our immigration laws and uphold the right to asylum under domestic and international law.
Sens. Menendez and Booker and Reps. Ocasio-Cortez and Casar hosted a press conference outside the Senate steps today to detail their request to President Biden. Sen. Ed Markey and Reps. Judy Chu, Jan Schakowsky, Yvette Clarke, and Cori Bush participated in the press conference.