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Biden Admin. Takes Essential Step in Altering Trump-Era Immigration Policy
On 1/27/21 at 4:46 PM EST
President Joe Biden s administration signaled a policy change on Wednesday, as James McHenry, the Trump administration s director of the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR), is being replaced on an acting basis by Jean King, the Justice Department said, according to a Politico report. This is an essential step that President Biden has taken to remove McHenry from leadership of the immigration courts, Greg Chen, senior director of government relations at the American Immigration Lawyers Association, told
Newsweek.
Replacing McHenry at EOIR indicates that Biden s administration will change the policy direction in the nation s immigration courts. Biden has been public about how his immigration agenda is a major shift from Trump administration policies. Biden has supported legalization of undocumented immigrants and also wants to expand refugee resettlement.
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Time to Rebuild and Reimagine: Reflecting on Four Hard Years in Childrenâs Immigration Law
With the Trump administration over, there will surely be changes made to the immigration system and our ability to protect immigrant children. The hope, and the work, is to ensure that they are the right ones.
By Dalia Castillo-Granados, Chloe Walker, Vickie Giambra, Laura Egan, and Yasmin Yavar Share:
As 2020, a year like no other, has drawn to a close, legal advocates in the childrenâs immigration field are taking a moment to breathe. With the transition to a new administration less than a month away, there is hope that the relentless onslaught of harmful changes to our immigration system will finally cease. There is also hope that new opportunities to move beyond playing defense will let us position ourselves once again in the direction of progress in protecting vulnerable immigrant children. As we look to the future, however, it is important to reflect on current legal law
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