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The Biden Administration's Immigration Double Talk

October 28, 2021

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Last month, horrifying images hit the news: border patrol agents on horses were seen whipping Haitian migrants. This was the latest in a long line of anti-immigrant practices that have emboldened border patrol over the last few years. Some of these practices include the invocation and overuse of Title 42, a policy that closed the borders due to public health concerns and the transmission of COVID, Trump鈥檚 鈥渞emain in Mexico鈥 policy that forces asylum seekers to wait for their hearings in Mexico, and the vast expansion of privately owned ICE detention facilities.

Biden campaigned on fixing the immigration system and his administration has consistently touted their disapproval of Trump-era immigration policies. Even Department of Homeland Security Secretary, Alejandro Mayorkas, has been honest about the state of immigration affairs, calling it a 鈥渃ompletely broken system.鈥 But when we look critically at the administration's positive immigration reform, we see that words and actions aren鈥檛 lining up.

What鈥檚 it going to take to move the needle on immigration reform during the Biden era? Have we made any headway since Trump left office? Here to answer these questions and more is Cecillia Wang, Deputy Legal Director here at 老澳门开奖结果 and the Director of the 老澳门开奖结果鈥檚 Center for Democracy.

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