The Biden government’s actions on the immigration system

Immigration is an essential sector for the Joe Bien administration. The current president, who took office on January 20, 2021, states that improving the immigration system and reforming it in accordance with current international needs is the federal government’s duty.

For his administration, immigration constantly drives local companies’ development and economy and important sectors such as technology and science. Adding to that, the Biden administration declares that multiculturalism and racial diversity are a strength for the US, which finds international competitiveness and advantage in its inclusive values.

Thus, since President Biden’s stance on immigration is diametrically opposite to former President Trump’s, during his first weeks in office, his administration has tried to lift current restrictions on the immigration system and remove “arbitrary policies” implemented by the Trump administration, which substantially hampered immigration processes during the last four years.

President Biden, along with his cabinet, have used tools and resources such as Executive Orders, Memoranda and Proclamations to overturn Trump’s immigration restrictions.

The Biden administration has proposed, among other things:

• Strengthen and preserve DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals), a benefit that protects undocumented immigrants from deportation, who came to the US without legal documentation as minors.
• Improve the political asylum system and rescind restrictive policies for the most vulnerable immigrant communities.
• Create strategies to reunite immigrant families separated at the borders under Trump’s “Zero Tolerance Policy”.
• Lift restrictions on business immigration, especially the H-1B visa program for highly qualified foreign workers.

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Biden’s decisions could drive comprehensive immigration reform

Although the Biden administration’s initial actions regarding immigration have to do with lifting restrictions and removing rules implemented by the Donald Trump administration, rather than proposing new policies to benefit immigrant populations, its first decisions undoubtedly pave the way to improve the immigration system over the next four years.

In fact, in several Executive Orders recently issued, President Biden directs his team to create action plans to, not only rescind restrictive policies, but also to expand alternatives available for foreigners to come to the US and implement long-lasting policies, preventing future administrations from substantially restricting immigration.

According to a recent report by VOA (Voice of America), several experts state that Biden’s decisions during his first weeks will allow his government to promote comprehensive immigration reform, which would be the first one since the 80s.

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