The Biden Administration Seeks Immigration Reform

Globalization has brought rapid changes in the way we relate to our environment and, above all, it has increased interconnectivity between countries, markets and cultures. In fact, thanks to technology, international traffic has increased substantially in recent decades, especially since the beginning of the 21st century.

Adding to that, thanks to international transit, immigration levels have also increased around the world and First World countries like the US have had to adapt to the high flow of foreigners, modifying certain policies and implementing new measures.

According to the current administration of the US, the local immigration system is long broken and outdated and therefore needs to be reshaped to be in line with current global needs. President Joe Biden and his team are strongly focused on restructuring the immigration sector through comprehensive reform, which they are promoting in Congress.

During his first days in office, President Biden unveiled a fairly extensive immigration bill, which could significantly transform the way the US approaches immigration in general by bringing substantial changes to processes such as political asylum, refuge, employment-based visas, alternatives based on family ties, benefits for undocumented immigrants, inter alia.

The Biden administration’s goal is to be able to reform the immigration system through this bill. However, Biden still needs support from Congress in order to officially sign this bill into law.

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The history of immigration reform speaks for itself

President Biden is not the only one who has emphasized the need to reform the immigration system. In fact, according to a recent Brookings report, two administrations have already tried to promote comprehensive immigration reform in the 21st century without success.

On the one hand, in 2007, former President George W. Bush tried to reform the immigration system through a bill, but did not have solid bipartisan support in Congress to pass this legislation. On the other hand, in 2013, former President Barack Obama also introduced an immigration bill that sought comprehensive reform and was not successful either.

It is worth mentioning that the last real comprehensive immigration reform took place in November 1986, 35 years ago.

Biden’s approach to immigration reform could forge new paths

Although other administrations have also had the ideal of reforming the entire immigration system, the Biden administration is actually taking a rather different and flexible approach to this issue.

Let’s look at some important facts:

• Both former President Bush and Obama waited until their second term to focus on the immigration system. On his part, President Biden has always emphasized the need to promote comprehensive immigration reform from day one in office.
• Previous attempts to promote immigration reform have been unsuccessful because they were possibly quite broad. Biden’s proposal is extensive, too, but his administration proposes to tear the immigration bill into pieces if necessary to advance as far as possible in Congress and pass legislation that already has bipartisan support.
• The Trump administration (2017-2021) tried to restrict immigration through policies classified as “arbitrary and capricious”, which undoubtedly caught the attention of the local population. Therefore, the immigration sector is currently in the eye of the storm and has the constant attention of the American public, which could be an advantage for the Biden administration.

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