Under the Biden administration, the Department of Homeland Security looks set to roll back several Trump-era immigration policies and to establish a path to citizenship for immigrants.
I was crying but out of joy: Bay Area residents applaud Biden s immigration plan
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DACA recipient Vanessa Mejia and her mother, Connie, watch from their living room in Oakland, Calif., as US President Joe Biden takes the oath of office at the US Capitol in Washington, DC on Wednesday, January 20, 2021.Scott Strazzante / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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DACA recipient Vanessa Mejia and her mother, Connie, applaud from their living room in Oakland, Calif., as US Vice President Kamala Harris takes the oath of office at the US Capitol in Washington, DC on Wednesday, January 20, 2021.Scott Strazzante / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
Migrants are greeted by Taylor Levy (center), a local immigration attorney, at the Paso del Norte International Bridge in April 2020 in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. People seeking asylum were enrolled in the Migrant Protection Protocols program, better known as the Remain in Mexico policy. The Department of Homeland Security announced that starting Thursday, it would stop new enrollments in MPP. Paul Ratje/AFP via Getty Images
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Migrants are greeted by Taylor Levy (center), a local immigration attorney, at the Paso del Norte International Bridge in April 2020 in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. People seeking asylum were enrolled in the Migrant Protection Protocols program, better known as the Remain in Mexico policy. The Department of Homeland Security announced that starting Thursday, it would stop new enrollments in MPP.
Under the new administration, the Department of Homeland Security looks set to roll back several Trump-era immigration policies and to establish a path to citizenship for immigrants.
Democratic strategist Mustafa Tameez and Republican strategist Amanda Makki debate the president-elect’s immigration policies on ‘Fox & Friends First.’
The Democratic senator leading the effort to pass the Biden immigration bill in the Senate said it will be a Herculean effort to get the sweeping legislation passed amid significant Republican opposition to the bill, which includes a path to citizenship for millions of illegal immigrants. As someone who has been in these battles for nearly two decades, I am under no illusions. I know from my time in the Gang of Eight that passing immigration reform through the Senate particularly is a Herculean task, Sen. Bob Mendendez, D-N.J., said on a virtual briefing introducing the legislation.