Peter,Arizona pays the price for the federal government’s failure to fix our broken immigration system. That’s why last week, we introduced our Bipartisan Border Solutions Act – alongside Republican Senator John Cornyn of Texas – in response to the crisis at the southern border.
Our legislation improves the federal government’s capability to respond to influxes of migrants arriving at our border – reducing the impact on local border communities, ensuring migrants are treated fairly and humanely, and improving management along the border.
The Bipartisan Border Solutions Actimproves the federal government’s ability to respond to border crises by:
- Directing the administration to create Regional Processing Centers to better manage the influx of migrants and ensure they are treated fairly and humanely
- Increasing resources to improve the asylum process-so claims for asylum are efficiently decided, and migrants who do not qualify are quickly returned to their own countries
- Prioritizing the needs of local border communities while improving the coordination and communication between local governments, non-governmental organizations and the federal government
Read more about our bill:Arizona Republic: ‘It’s an American problem’: Sens. Sinema, Cornyn introduce bipartisan immigration bill to ease border surge.
We also recently worked to include $110 million in funding in the American Rescue Package that is now law for border communities and non-profits stepping up to help solve the migrant crisis.
Our new legislation will help the Administration address the situation at the border, protect Arizonans, and ensure migrants are treated fairly and humanely. We’re committed to working across the aisle to address the challenges facing our state.
Sincerely,
Senator Kyrsten Sinema