Vulnerable Dems plead with Biden to delay reopening asylum

By JONATHAN J. COOPER and ANITA SNOW
Associated Press

PHOENIX (AP) — The Biden administration’s decision to end sweeping asylum limits at the border this May satisfied demands by prominent Democrats.

But it creates thorny political challenges for border-region Democrats who face the likely prospect of an increase in migrants who have for two years been denied the chance to seek asylum in the United States.

Some of the congressional Democrats with the toughest reelection prospects are warning that the administration is woefully unprepared to handle the situation.

The Biden administration is expected to announce as early as Friday that it will lift Title 42 authority by May 23.