Here’s an 1,100-word statement recalling and highlighting some of the basic principles underlying our border and migration work. Backed up with lots of numbers and data, of course.

The main points:

1. Most migrants arriving in the United States are exercising their right to seek asylum
2. The United States needs to invest in managing, in a humane and timely manner, migrants and asylum seekers—NOT in more border security
3. Legislative proposals from “border hawks,” like the “Secure the Border Act” (H.R2), would endanger thousands of lives

Read it here. It comes with an embedded video: