Rep. Grijalva Reacts to SCOTUS Decisions on Asylum, TPS

She delivered remarks shortly after on the steps of the Supreme Court 

Washington, D.C. — Today, Congresswoman Adelita S. Grijalva issued the following statement following the Supreme Court's decision to side with the Trump Administration’s policy of turning away asylum seekers at the southern border and to strip Temporary Protected Status from Syrian and Haitian TPS recipients:  

“Donald Trump is trying to change what our nation looks like – and the Supreme Court is enabling him,” said Rep. Grijalva. “Their right-wing majority sided with Trump’s extreme immigration agenda to block asylum seekers at the southern border and strip protections from people fleeing authoritarian regimes, war, and persecution. The right to seek asylum from life-threatening violence and persecution is not just enshrined in U.S. law – it is protected under international law. These rulings are a moral stain on the foundations of this country, and a betrayal of the values and principles we have both a legal and humanitarian responsibility to uphold.” 

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