Federal asylum restrictions demonstrate ‘absence of moral compass,’ advocate says

NEW YORK – Multiple Catholic immigration advocates have spoken out this week against the Biden administration’s move to expand previously implemented asylum restrictions, with one opining that the decision shows “an alarming absence of moral compass.”

In June, the Department of Homeland Security and Department of Justice issued a joint interim final rule that barred migrants who cross the southern border unlawfully from receiving asylum, unless the seven-day average of daily illegal border crossings was below 1,500.