The The Biden administration He is expected to propose a rule on Thursday that would speed up the rate at which some migrants are denied asylum after crossing the southern border, according to two sources familiar with the decision.
The regulation, which has been in the works for months and will be published by the Department of Homeland Security, seeks to reduce illegal border crossings. It will specifically target people who are considered ineligible for asylum because of criminal records or who are considered a national security risk, one of the sources said.
Asylum process sometimes it can take yearsand the proposed rule would aim to significantly shorten that period for those deemed ineligible.
This is not considered a major executive action that NBC News has reviewed in advance for monthsthis may still happen in the near future.
The White House declined to comment.
Like the Biden administration prefers larger-scale executive action On Pennsylvania Avenue, Senate Democrats held preliminary closed-door talks Wednesday about what legislative steps they might take at the border that could affect the asylum process.
“I think the starting point for the discussion is the negotiated bilateral agreement, so we will start from there. Do we subtract a little, add a little? We don’t know yet,” Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., told NBC News after the meeting. “Everyone understands that we will have a meaningful discussion about this in the coming weeks.”
NBC News reported Monday that Senate Democrats could push to “send a message” on immigration and border provisions that Republicans are likely to block.
Republicans Sens. James Lankford, R-Okla., Chris Murphy, D-Conn. and Kyrsten Sinema, I-Arizona, blocked a bipartisan package negotiated by former President Donald Trump in February.
But when asked about the administration’s actions during a press conference he led Wednesday, Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said the Biden administration and Democrats in Congress “agreed that the best thing to do to solve the border problem is to pass legislation.” “
“We have a strong bipartisan bill,” Schumer said. “If Republicans are serious about fixing the border, join us — we can and must pass it with the votes of Republicans, Democrats, and Republicans.”
Senators tossed out their ideas during a closed-door meeting Wednesday, according to multiple Democrats who spoke to NBC News.
At the beginning of Wednesday, a group of progressive and Spanish MPs He called on Biden to use his executive power expressed concern about the administration’s potential plans to streamline paths to citizenship for long-term, undocumented immigrants and limit some asylum through unilateral actions.
Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., said at a news conference: “As the Biden administration considers executive actions on immigration, we must not return to the failed Trump-era policies aimed at denying asylum and taking us backwards.” “I urge President Biden to embrace our values as a nation of immigrants and use this opportunity to help this nation’s long-term immigrants.”
An NBC News survey has been published Last month, it found that only 28% of voters approved of Biden’s handling of border security and immigration. sequential requests as a major concern for Americans.