With Backing From Marine Le Pen, Rigorous New French Immigration Bill Passes
The new bill dramatically curtails migrants’ access to citizenship, rights to social benefits, and family reunification procedures.
Marine Le Pen’s support for President Macron’s tough immigration bill on Tuesday is a moment to mark in Europe’s political pivot to the right this year, and this one comes just months ahead of already hotly anticipated elections for the European parliament.
The new immigration bill is more robust than the government’s initial text. It dramatically curtails migrants’ access to citizenship, rights to social benefits, and family reunification procedures. It is the kind of measure that would be on Governor Abbott’s Christmas wish list from President Biden.
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