Senate GOP rolls past Democrats on asylum

Senate Republicans, who have long avowed that the nation’s asylum laws are the main cause of the recent massive surge of illegal immigration over the southern border, are pushing ahead with a fix without the support of any Democrats.

It’s a move that Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, hopes will at least start the negotiating that would lead to a bipartisan bill to stem the surge, which both parties acknowledge has created a humanitarian crisis at the southern border and encouraged the proliferation of human smugglers and other migrant abuses.