On June 1st, the Biden administration ended a Trump policy that forced Central American asylum seekers to stay in Mexico while their immigration cases were processed. Although the enforcement of this policy was suspended at the beginning of Biden’s presidency, the fact that the policy was officially ended is a big win for people who support an easier immigration process.
The policy was making tens of thousands of asylum seekers to wait in terrible conditions for their asylum requests to be processed, which meant they were subjected to conditions that led to the threat of extortion, sexual assault and kidnapping. The Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, Alejandro Mayorkas, discussed the policy stating that, “we can only manage migration in an effective, responsible, and durable manner if we approach the issue comprehensively, looking well beyond our own borders.” Many immigrant advocates described the forced return policy as cruel and should have been illegal to put in to place.
The original law was put into place in 2019 when former President Trump was really trying to clamp down on immigration. Before this policy was put in place, immigrants used to be able to wait in the United States during their immigration proceedings. The ending of this policy represents the stark contrast between the two administrations’ goals when it comes to immigration.
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