The Border Wall Isn’t The Only Reason Democrats Oppose Plan To End The Shutdown

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January 22nd, 2019

An image of a boy is painted on the bars of the border wall, in front of coils of razor wire, seen from Tijuana, Mexico. President Trump’s proposal to end the partial government shutdown includes funding for more border wall, but also provisions that further restrict asylum seekers.

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Democrats and immigrant rights groups were quick to oppose President Trump’s proposal to end the government shutdown over the weekend because it includes $5.7 billion for an expanded border wall.

Now that they’ve seen the full language of the bill, they’ve found other reasons not to like it.

The proposed bill includes some big changes to U.S. immigration policy that were not included in the president’s public announcement, such as a provision that would sharply limit asylum applications for children from Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador.

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