Charity Group Warns Against Biden Policies

President Biden's new immigration rules qualify as among the most oppressive there have been in the "illegal immigrant" era. (I refer to the era in which it has become illegal for many to become immigrants.)

How bad are his policies? Listen to how Doctors Without Borders speaks of them. First the Doctors Without Borders statement speaks of the out-going Trump policies, then it turns its attention to the incoming Biden restrictions.

"Title 42 proved to be one of the US government' most sweeping -- and most cruel  -- anti-asylum policies. It used public health as a pretense to shut down asylum at the US border and purposely put people in harm's way. We should be celebrating the end of  Title 42 today. Instead, our medical teams are bracing for the human impact and suffering to come as the Biden administration rolls out sweeping new asylum restrictions."

As we read the Doctors Without Borders statement, we remember how public officials braced for a flood of immigrants pouring into the U.S. as soon as Title 42 was lifted -- only for it to turn out that the big surge came just before Title 42 expired, not after. At the time, we wondered what was going on. Then it dawned on us that immigrants realized things were only going to be worse under the new Biden rules. And, they rushed to get over the border before the new, dreaded and oppressive rules took effect. 

As Doctors Without Borders says, Title 42 ended and, "In its place, the US will use existing harsh immigration laws and newly announced asylum restrictions meant to deter people from crossing or seeking protection at the US southern border."

Doctors Without Borders warns that the new rules imposed by the Biden administration "harm the physical and mental health of migrants and deepen an already acute humanitarian crisis in the region." The statement warns that the new restrictions "will disqualify many of the most vulnerable refugees from from asylum protections."

"After promising a humane and dignified immigration system, the Biden administration is now focused on erecting new barriers to seeking asylum in the US. It has turned its back on asylum seekers."

We live in a day when it is popular to think stopping the immigrants is a good thing. It is good to hear from a charity group that says, Not so.