Immigration Policy
The Biden transition team this week announced its Department of Homeland Security (DHS) agency review team, and it would appear that it is on track to take that swing away from the Trump administration once in office.
The agency review teams are formed to evaluate the current operations of their respective agencies and to ensure that the new administration is set up in a correct posture to achieve its policy goals once in office.
November 2020
News Article
Source: Fox News
News
Statement from the Women’s Refugee Commission proposing the incoming Biden Administration take forth a humanitarian and human rights agenda within the first 100 days.
November 2020
Statement
Source: Women's Refugee Commission
News
National Immigration Forum's policy recommendations for the incoming Biden Administration.
November 2020
Commentary
Source: National Immigration Forum
News
CBS News article outlining the Biden Administration's plans on immigration.
November 2020
News Article
Source: CBS News
News
An overview of the Trump Administration immigration legacy.
November 2020
News Article
Source: The Washington Post
News
Reuters article covering likely actions the incoming Biden Administration will make regarding immigration.
November 2020
News Article
Source: Reuters
News
This report, a collaboration between the Immigrant Legal Resource Center (ILRC) and the University of San Francisco, compiles the most egregious policies attacking immigrants and asylum seekers.
November 2020
Report
Source: Immigrant Legal Resource Center
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This policy brief outlines some of the incoming administration’s top immigration priorities and examines challenges and opportunities ahead. Drawing on existing and forthcoming policy ideas from MPI’s Rethinking U.S. Immigration Policy initiative, the brief sketches several proposals that could begin to shape a U.S. immigration system that advances the national interest going forward.
November 2020
Issue Brief
Source: Migration Policy Institute
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President-elect Biden has promised a new course on immigration policy in his Administration. The challenges before him and his Administration will be many, but so are the opportunities to reaffirm the importance of immigration to American society, American culture, and the American economy.
November 2020
Issue Brief
Source: New American Economy
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The U.S. immigration system is inflexible and restrictive. Adopting the reforms outlined in this compilation would allow the system to respond to future challenges and opportunities without requiring repeated congressional actions to correct its mistakes.
November 2020
Analysis
Source: The Cato Institute
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