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Manchin Floats Idea of 90-Day Immigration Moratorium to Send Message and Ease Border Surge

Manchin Floats Idea of 90-Day Immigration Moratorium to Send Message and Ease Border Surge
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) removes his mask to speak as bipartisan members of the Senate and House gather to announce a framework for new COVID-19 relief legislation at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on Dec. 1, 2020. Kevin Lamarque/Reuters
Tom Ozimek
Tom Ozimek
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4/2/2021|Updated: 4/2/2021

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) on Thursday called for urgent action to resolve the “humanitarian crisis” along the border, and floated the idea of a 90-day moratorium on immigration as a way of sending a message that would discourage people from flooding the region trying to enter the United States illegally.

Manchin, who was one of the first major Democrat lawmakers to break ranks with his party and start referring to the border surge as a “crisis,” toured the U.S.-Mexico border with Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) on Thursday.

Tom Ozimek
Tom Ozimek
Reporter
Tom Ozimek is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times. He has a broad background in journalism, deposit insurance, marketing and communications, and adult education.
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