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The rewards of expedited migrant work permits outweigh the risks

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27.12.2023

The holidays are here, and while the decorations on Capitol Hill symbolize a season of giving, lawmakers seem more focused on getting what they want on immigration. Every member on Capitol Hill agrees the public health crisis at the southern border is untenable. Those truly committed to addressing the emergency know it can’t be fixed overnight.

They have the hard task of enacting laws to prevent migrants fleeing abhorrent conditions from entering America illegally, providing border support for their humane treatment while being processed and managing the needs of those granted temporary protected status now living in the U.S. in the best way possible.

President Biden has signaled he would consider a plan to put greater limitations on the humanitarian parole and asylum process for migrants in exchange for support of his proposed $100 billion aid package for Ukraine and Israel. Dealmakers on both sides are working feverishly to get an agreement done.

“It’s time to cut a deal that both sides can agree to,” Shalanda Young, Biden’s budget director, recently said on “Face the Nation.”

This won’t help or solve the immigration crisis. As President Trump’s failed........

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