Failure to change asylum laws will sink Democrats in 2020
The Democrats will be signing their own national suicide note if they refuse to change the asylum laws The Democrats have just got seven days left to join President Trump in amending America’s asylum laws - after President Trump delayed—for 14 days - plans for nationwide raids by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to deport undocumented families. The declared positions of the 25 Democrats in the first of their debates seeking nomination as the Democrats’ Presidential candidate in the 2020 elections indicate there is very little chance of changes in the existing asylum laws being agreed. President Trump threw down the gauntlet to the Democrats during his press conference at the G20 meeting in Osaka on 29 June: Q: Given that you have a July 4th recess, is it realistic to think that you’re going to get a deal to actually reform the asylum laws? THE PRESIDENT: No, because we could do it in—we could do it—you know, I say to people—I used to say 45 minut...