A new asylum rule proposed by the Biden administration is a "reasonable" way to deal with the record number of migrants arriving at the southern border, Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, told NPR's "All Things Considered."
Cuellar, whose district includes portions of the border with Mexico, has been critical of how both parties deal with immigration.
Immigration-rights advocates have argued that the proposal is as a violation of President Joe Biden's vow to restore asylum and have compared it to a Trump-era asylum ban.
The plan, proposed last week, would presume that migrants are ineligible for asylum if they cross the border illegally, don't ask for protection in nations they pass, and don't alert U.S. authorities of their desire to seek asylum through a mobile app.
"I know some of the immigration groups are saying, Oh, it's a Trump-like rule. No, Trump wanted to ban people from coming in," Cuellar said on Sunday. "People can still ask for asylum to come in."
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