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U.S. moves to speed up releases of unaccompanied migrant children
Ted Hesson, Reuters
The U.S. government is taking new steps to speed up releases of unaccompanied children to parents or other sponsors as the Biden administration grapples with a growing number of underage migrants arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border. President Joe Biden, a Democrat, earlier this month reversed a policy put in place by former Republican President Donald Trump that allowed U.S. authorities to…
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Biden Administration Revokes Trump Visa Ban Saying It ‘Harms The United States’
Chantal Da Silva, Forbes
President Joe Biden has revoked a visa ban introduced under President Donald Trump, asserting that it not only hurts would-be visa beneficiaries, but also “harms the United States” itself. Under the controversial ban, Presidential Proclamation 10014 (PP 10014), tens of thousands of would-be visa holders perceived as posing a “risk to the US labor market” during the country’s…
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Judge bans enforcement of Biden’s 100-day deportation pause
Nomaan Merchant, AP News
A federal judge late Tuesday indefinitely banned President Joe Biden’s administration from enforcing a 100-day moratorium on most deportations. U.S. District Judge Drew Tipton issued a preliminary injunction sought by Texas, which argued the moratorium violated federal law and risked imposing additional costs on the state. Biden proposed the 100-day pause on deportations during his…
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Silvia Foster-Frau, The Washington Post
Dozens of migrant teens boarded vans Monday for the trip down a dusty road to a former man camp for oil field workers here, the first migrant child facility opened under the Biden administration. The emergency facility — a vestige of the Trump administration that was open for only a month in summer 2019 — is being reactivated to hold up to 700 children ages 13 to…
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Rebecca Beitsch, The Hill
The Supreme Court has agreed to take up a case challenging the Trump administration's "public charge" rule, which limited access to green cards for those deemed likely to accept public assistance. The case, brought by numerous state attorneys general and advocacy groups, stems from a 2018 rule that critics deemed a wealth test for immigrants and blocked those who may…
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Maria Sacchetti, The Washington Post
Democratic lawmakers formally introduced President Biden’s immigration bill Thursday, saying it is imperative to pass legislation that would repudiate the Trump administration’s rhetoric and allow 11 million unauthorized immigrants in the United States to apply for citizenship. Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.), the son of Cuban immigrants and…
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Sahil Kapur, NBC News
Congressional Democrats introduced a comprehensive bill to remake the U.S. immigration system with the endorsement of President Joe Biden, wading into a politically thorny issue that has bedeviled the last three administrations. Named the U.S. Citizenship Act of 2021, the bill was unveiled on Thursday by Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., and Rep. Linda Sánchez, D-Calif., and…
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Alison Durkee, Forbes
The Biden administration has directed immigration officials to use “more inclusive language” in how it refers to noncitizens, multiple outlets report, part of a broader effort by the Biden White House to take a more welcoming position toward immigrants and erase the Trump administration’s more hostile stance.
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Biden, Hill Democrats plan to unveil immigration reform bill this week
Geoff Bennett, Julia Ainsley and Jacob Soboroff, NBC News
The Biden administration and Hill Democrats are expected later this week to release an immigration reform bill, multiple sources familiar with the planning tell NBC News. The legislative text of the “U.S. Citizenship Act of 2021” will reflect the immigration priorities that President Joe Biden unveiled on his first day in office. His…
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Priscilla Alvarez, CNN
The Biden administration will begin processing migrants forced to stay in Mexico under a Trump-era policy into the United States on February 19, according to administration officials. It's the first move toward addressing the thousands of non-Mexican migrants subject to a controversial policy under the Trump administration that required them to…
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