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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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Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News – Special LIRS mention!
As part of its overhaul of U.S. refugee policy, the Biden administration is planning to offer humanitarian refuge to more children fleeing violence around the world, according to a government report obtained by CBS News. The report, prepared by the State Department to notify the House and Senate Judiciary Committees of President…
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Juan Montes and José de Córdoba, The Wall Street Journal
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador became an unlikely ally of former U.S. President Donald Trump’s migration policies, deploying thousands of soldiers across Mexico to stop Central American asylum seekers heading toward the 2,000-mile border. Now, President Biden is preparing to undo much of Mr. Trump’s immigration legacy, while…
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Burgess Everett and Marianne Levine, POLITICO
An effort to restrict stimulus checks to undocumented immigrants is blowing a hole in Democrats’ unity in the Biden era, after a bloc of Democrats sided with Republicans over their more progressive colleagues last week. The immigration status of those seeking new stimulus payments is shaping up as a major point of contention among Democrats as the House and…
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