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Following rampant allegations of racism, excessive force and other abuses against immigrant detainees, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has announced that it will be closing two “troubled” detention centers in Georgia and Massachusetts. Julia Ainsley of NBC News has reported that “Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas directed ICE to…
A White House task force created by President Biden has uncovered 5,600 previously unknown files from 2017 that may help the U.S. government to identify — and reunite — migrant parents and children separated by the Trump administration. According to Jacob Soboroff and Julia Ainsley of NBC News, a senior…
President Biden’s campaign pledge to place a moratorium on the deportation of immigrants who have entered the U.S. illegally appears to be holding steady. Newly released data from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement show that, following changes in enforcement policies and administration officials, federal immigration authorities have made significantly fewer…
In a humanitarian move, President Biden has issued an executive order allowing thousands of Venezuelans who fled the crumbling South American country in hopes of a better life in the U.S. the chance to apply for temporary protection and avoid deportation. “Biden’s order allows about 300,000 Venezuelans in the U.S….
The White House and Democratic lawmakers on Thursday, Feb. 18 unveiled President Biden’s new immigration legislation, which would include a path to citizenship for those living in the U.S. without documentation. This plan is based on the immigration legislation proposal Biden introduced during his first day in office. Many of…
The Biden administration is poised to allow an estimated 25,000 asylum-seekers forced to remain in Mexico under former President Trump into the U.S. while they wait for their next immigration court hearings. The first group of these individuals will be allowed into the country Feb. 19, the Associated Press reports….
Even as he’s working to improve immigration policies left over from the outgoing Trump administration, the issue of children crossing the border and entering the U.S. illegally looks to be an ongoing problematic issue for President Biden. The 4,700 children currently being cared for by government officials is well below…
Seeking to reverse the harsh immigration policies of former President Trump, President Joe Biden signed three executive orders Tuesday, Feb. 2 aimed at reunifying families separated at the border, addressing the root causes of migration and reviewing the naturalization process. Despite Biden’s swift actions to establish a more humane approach…
President Joe Biden sworn in and new administration already hard at work. Just hours after his emotional, star-studded and highly protected inauguration took place on Jan. 20, President Joe Biden is already working on fulfilling campaign promises and undoing some of the most egregious acts carried out by his predecessor….
The U.S. breaks its record for daily COVID-19 deaths. Again. The United States has surpassed 14 million cases of COVID-19 infection (less than a week after hitting the 13-million milestone) and things are looking even grimmer as the country heads into the winter season. More troublingly, The New York Times…
