Latino leaders across San Jose are saying President Joe Biden’s recent executive order closing the border to migrants is a step in the wrong direction for the nation’s immigration policy and immigrant communities. Those who work with asylum seekers fleeing violence such as San Jose nonprofit Amigos de Guadalupe said migrants can’t wait years for the asylum-by-appointment process. Many are reaching the border in a traumatic state, they said. The country can’t pride itself on being a nation welcoming of immigrants with Biden’s latest executive order, Amigos de Guadalupe CEO Maritza Maldonado told San José Spotlight. “I have heard and…
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