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Migration News: February 2, 2021
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Biden Plans to Roll Back Trump’s Refugee, Asylum Crackdowns
Jordan Fabian and Justin Sink, Bloomberg
President Joe Biden will sign a trio of executive orders on Tuesday to reverse Donald Trump’s crackdown on asylum seekers and refugees, continuing his push to loosen his predecessor’s strict immigration policies. White House officials said Biden’s orders were designed to reverse policies they described as cruel and wasteful, while promoting inclusion and the integration of immigrants. The officials described the planned executive orders before their signing on the condition of anonymity.
Here Are The Immigration Actions President Biden Plans To Sign
Franco Ordoñez, NPR
President Biden is set to sign a series of executive actions on Tuesday to begin to reunite migrant children separated from their parents after crossing the United States border, take steps to restore the asylum system, and review the Trump administration's changes for the legal immigration system. The executive actions make clear that rolling back former President Donald Trump's hard-line immigration measures won't happen overnight. In fact, more actions are almost certain to follow, officials told reporters on a preview call about the measures.
Biden asks Supreme Court to cancel arguments on two of Trump’s immigration priorities
Robert Barnes, The Washington Post
The Biden administration on Monday asked the Supreme Court to cancel upcoming arguments on two cases important to former president Donald Trump: a funding dispute over the border wall and a policy requiring asylum seekers to wait in Mexico while their claims are considered. Acting solicitor general Elizabeth B. Prelogar told the court that President Biden has stopped construction of the wall and announced a review of the asylum program, called the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP).
Trump Official’s Last-Day Deal With ICE Union Ties Biden’s Hands
Zolan Kanno-Youngs and Charlie Savage, The New York Times
A whistle-blower complaint filed on Monday said a top Trump homeland security official sought to constrain the Biden administration’s immigration agenda by agreeing to hand policy controls to the pro-Trump union representing Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The complaint accuses Kenneth T. Cuccinelli II of “gross mismanagement, gross waste of government funds and abuse of authority” over the labor agreements he signed with the immigration agents’ union the day before President Biden’s inauguration.
Biden Administration Says It Won’t Conduct Immigration Arrests Near Vaccination Sites
Joe Walsh, Forbes
The Department of Homeland Security promised Monday to keep immigration agents away from coronavirus vaccination clinics, aiming to relieve some undocumented immigrants’ fears that getting vaccinated could put them in legal jeopardy, a notable shift from former President Donald Trump’s approach to enforcing immigration laws. In a statement, DHS said undocumented immigrants should have equal access to coronavirus vaccines, calling it a “moral and public health imperative.”
Immigration Advocates Hope Biden Will Address Overlooked Family Separations At The Border
Adolfo Flores, Buzzfeed News
As President Joe Biden prepares to announce a family separation task force to reunite children and parents separated at the border, advocates hope he'll also tackle separations that have gotten less attention. The goal of the task force, expected to be announced Tuesday through an executive order, will be to identify thousands of children separated under the Trump administration and make recommendations as to how the families can be reunited, possibilities that could include bringing parents back to the US via parole or issuing visas, according to a senior administration official.
Senate set to confirm Buttigieg and Mayorkas
Clare Foran and Ted Barrett, CNN
The Senate voted to confirm Pete Buttigieg as transportation secretary on Tuesday, making him the first Senate-confirmed LGBTQ Cabinet secretary. The Senate is also set to vote later Tuesday to confirm Alejandro Mayorkas as Homeland Security secretary. Mayorkas was among Biden's earliest announced nominees and would be the first Latino and immigrant to serve at the helm of the department.
Central American Leaders Hope to Develop Common Agenda with Biden
Jorge Agobian, Voices for America
Washington’s immigration policy will focus on regional migration and its root causes, as well as the annulment of policies inherited from the Trump administration, according to White House officials. President Joe Biden will make the announcement Tuesday, Press Secretary Jen Psaki said during a daily briefing this week. Representatives of the governments of Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala envision more U.S. attention toward the region during the Biden administration and plan to support a common development agenda based on "mutual respect."
Farida Jhabvala Romero, KPBS
The 20-year-old asylum seeker, held by immigration authorities at a jail north of Sacramento, tested positive for COVID-19 on Jan. 7, a few days after his symptoms began. The diagnosis felt particularly stinging to Erazo Herrera. He had repeatedly called on officials with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Yuba County Jail to do more to prevent a coronavirus outbreak at the facility, including waging hunger strikes last year to protest what he believed were unsafe conditions.
Julián Aguilar, The Texas Tribune
An undocumented woman who witnessed the 2019 mass shooting at a Walmart store and who was cooperating with law enforcement remains in Ciudad Juárez after she was deported last week because of unpaid traffic tickets — just days after a federal judge in Texas halted a deportation moratorium for some undocumented immigrants that President Joe Biden issued his first day in office.
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