Immigration: Praying to sign executive orders and set up task force to reunite divorced families

Immigration: Praying to sign executive orders and set up task force to reunite divorced families

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The latest orders build on the actions taken in Biden’s first day, giving a clearer picture of the government’s immigration priorities.

“President Trump was so focused on the wall that he did nothing to address the cause of why people come to our southern border. It was a limited, wasteful and naive strategy, and it failed,” said one senior administration official. “President Biden’s approach is to treat immigration comprehensively, fairly and humanely.”

An hour after his presidency, Biden quickly overturned many Trump administration policies in a series of executive actions. He also sent an immigration bill to Congress. But his administration experienced legal obstacles in the implementation of the policies. Last week, for example, a federal judge Biden temporarily blocked the 100-day temporary hiatus over deportations.

Legal challenges are likely to continue the administration as it sets out its immigration agenda. On Tuesday, Biden is expected to follow his first-day actions by tackling family separation, the root causes of migration and the legal immigration system.

The Senate is also expected to confirm Alejandro Mayorkas as secretary of home security on Tuesday, after the vote was delayed Monday night due to the weather.

Setting up a task force to reunite families

During his presidential campaign, Biden undertook to set up a task force focused on identifying and reuniting families separated at the US-Mexico border under the Trump administration’s controversial ‘zero tolerance’ policy. . The administration’s new task force stems from the promise.

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The chair of the task force will be Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security and will work with partners across the U.S. government to find parents who are separated from their children under the former government. CNN reported earlier that Jill Biden, first lady, is expected to take an active role in the task force.

They will be charged with identifying all children separated from their parents or legal guardians at the southern border, facilitating and enabling the association of children with their families, and reporting regularly to the president, including one that contains recommendations.

The effects of the ‘zero tolerance’ policy that led to the separation of thousands of families are still felt today. Lawyers cannot reach the parents of 611 children who were separated from their families by U.S. border officials between 2017 and 2018, according to the latest court filed in an ongoing family divorce case.

“The Biden government is committed to repairing the terrible damage the Trump administration has inflicted on families,” a senior administration official said, calling the policy a “moral failure” and “national disgrace.”

The Justice Department also officially revoked the policy last week in a memorandum to federal prosecutors, even though it has already been terminated.

Cases of divorced families will be examined individually to determine the next steps. “The purpose of the task force is to identify but two to make recommendations on how the families can be reunited, taking into account the menu of options that exist under immigration law,” the official said.

Addressing the causes of migration

This executive order will focus on supporting Central America to stem the flow of migrants to the US-Mexico border and provide other routes to migrate to the US without traveling north.

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The administration plans to provide assistance to the region to support anti-corruption initiatives and to revive the Central American juvenile program ended by Trump and endanger certain young people living in the US, according to ‘ a senior administration officer.

Homeland Security will also be instructed to review the Trump-era policy that requires non-Mexican migrants to stay in Mexico until their immigration court date in the United States. The policy, informally known as “Stay in Mexico”, has left thousands of asylum seekers waiting in the border in dangerous and deplorable conditions.
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Biden’s administration has halted new entries for the program, but has not announced plans to address the thousands of migrants still waiting in Mexico, saying it will only be taken into account when introducing new systems. .

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“The situation at the border will not change overnight,” a senior administrative official said. “This is largely due to the damage done over the past four years, but we are committed to fully addressing it.”

The order will also call for a series of actions to restore the asylum system, which has drastically changed over the past four years and which has made migrant asylum in the US extremely difficult.

The review of the legal immigration system

This executive order seeks to promote immigrant integration and inclusion, according to the White House, and to re-establish a task force for new Americans.

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Like the other executive orders, it also seeks to reverse the Trump-era policies aimed at low-income immigrants, including a call for a revision of the Public Prosecution Rule that makes it more difficult for immigrants to gain legal status. obtained as their public benefits such as Medicaid, food stamps and vouchers.

The order also initiates a review of the naturalization process to streamline and make it more accessible, according to a senior administration official.

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