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UC Davis Migration News: Immigration-Trump, Biden
Story Date: 10/15/2020
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Source: UC DAVIS RURAL MIGRATION NEWS, Oct. 2020
Candidate Trump pledged to reshape the US immigration system, and President Trump issued executive orders and took administrative actions to make over 400 changes to immigration policies so far in his presidential term. Trump orders aimed to reduce unauthorized migration over the Mexico-US border and limit asylum seeking from Central America and elsewhere.
Since Trump took office, over 340 miles of fencing on the Mexico-US border has been built or upgraded using funds appropriated by Congress and funds taken from other federal agencies. Trump ordered DHS to make all unauthorized foreigners in the US priorities for detection and removal, which increased the share of foreigners detained who were not convicted of a US crime from a sixth in FY16 to a third in FY19.
Candidate Biden promised to end construction of a wall on the Mexico-US border, end the ban on entries from 13 Muslim-majority and African nations, reverse Trump?s changes to the public charge rule for applicants for immigrant visas, and increase the refugee quota to 125,000 a year. Biden promised to encourage Congress to create a path to immigrant status for the 11 million unauthorized foreigners in the US.
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