Three attorneys general, three reversals. Asylum standards were tightened in 2018, reversed in 2021, and tightened again this year — and the next administration could reverse them once more the day it takes office. That is no way to run an immigration system.

The results of enforcement done right are now in the government’s own data: immigration judges granted just 8.8 percent of the asylum claims they decided in the first half of FY 2026, versus nearly 46 percent two years ago, as the meritless claims invited by years of catch-and-release finally reach decision and fail. H.R. 9773, the Permanent Trump Secure Border Act, would take those standards out of the executive pendulum for good — strengthening the credible fear requirement, ending catch-and-release, and closing the parole and asylum loopholes in permanent statute.

The bill has cleared the House Judiciary Committee and is moving toward the House floor, and the Senate must be ready to take it up the moment it passes. Please support H.R. 9773 and help deliver an immigration system that works for the American people — one that doesn’t change with every election.

Greg Raven, Apple Valley, CA

Sent to:
Alex Padilla, Adam Schiff