Daily Caller: In one of the last days leading up the August recess, the Senate
Judiciary Committee got into a heated clash over a controversial asylum
bill. Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Senator Lindsey Graham
from South Carolina, refused to delay the bill any longer, after
accusing Democrats of withholding a vote for 7-weeks.
The bill, known as the Secure and Protect Act,
requires that asylum seekers from Central America apply for asylum
outside of the United States before applying here. Graham’s bill also
extended the time that migrant families must be kept in detention
centers from 20 days to 100 days, in order to help avoid immigration
fraud.
The bill will ensure that unaccompanied children migrating from Central
America be sent back to their home country after a screening, following
the procedure for children entering from Canada and Mexico . . . . . “I will no longer allow our asylum laws to be exploited by human traffickers, smugglers and cartels,” said Graham in an official statement.
“Cartels, smugglers and human traffickers are profiting off immigrants
and helping them take advantage of our broken asylum laws. I will no
longer allow the loopholes in our laws to be exploited. I will not aid
and abet these horrific practices. My bill fixes these problems.”
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