Biden Treads Carefully in Unwinding Hardline Trump Immigration Policies

U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday ordered a review of asylum processing at the U.S.-Mexico border and the immigration system as he seeks to undo some of former President Donald Trump’s hardline policies.

Biden also created a task force to reunite migrant families who were separated at the border by Trump’s 2018 ‘zero tolerance’ strategy. “We are going to work to undo the moral and national shame of the previous administration that literally, not figuratively, ripped children from the arms of their families,” Biden said as he signed the orders at the White House.

Michelle Brané, a senior director with the New York City-based Women’s Refugee Commission, said Biden’s latest orders do not appear likely to bring the sort of quick change sought by immigrant advocates. “I think we were all hoping for something more immediate and operational, but these seem like they will be more visionary,” she said.

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