Congressional Updates

Congressional Leaders Urge Immediate Halt to Practice of Subjecting Individuals to Fear Screenings by CBP

8/1/23 AILA Doc. No. 23080202. Admissions & Border, Asylum & Refugees

Sixty-six members of Congress sent a letter to the Biden Administration urging an end to the harmful practice of conducting truncated expedited fear screenings while people are in Customs and Border Protection (CBP) custody.

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Cite as AILA Doc. No. 23080202.

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