Current Events > Biden will not immediately roll back Trump's immigration and border policies

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Top advisers to President-elect Joe Biden said Tuesday they will not immediately roll back asylum restrictions at the Mexican border and other Trump immigration policies, tamping down expectations for the kind of swift reversals Biden promised on the campaign trail.

Speaking to reporters on a conference call, several members of the Biden transition team said the incoming administration would need time to undo damage to the U.S. immigration system and border enforcement policies that have severely limited the ability of asylum seekers to qualify for humanitarian protection.

The transition officials echoed statements made by Susan E. Rice, Bidens incoming domestic policy adviser, and Jake Sullivan, his pick for national security adviser, in an exclusive interview published Monday with the Spanish wire service EFE urging patience with their immigration agenda.

Rice told EFE that Biden will use executive authority to implement his immigration agenda, but her cautious statements appeared to reflect the incoming administrations worries that easing up too quickly on Trumps enforcement system could trigger a new migration surge at the border.

Migrants and asylum seekers absolutely should not believe those in the region peddling the idea that the border will suddenly be fully open to process everyone on Day 1. It will not, Rice said, according to a translation of the interview transcript.

Immigrant advocacy groups and others who deplore Trumps policies have pushed Biden to embrace wholesale changes to a U.S. enforcement model designed to deter illegal migration through a system of detention and deportation.

Rice told EFE the new administration would offer a transformative vision for addressing migration in our region and would work to build a fair, humane, and orderly immigration system.

We will be able to take some steps to change policies right away, Rice said. Others will take time to put in place, and the situation at the border will not transform overnight due in large part to the damage done over the last four years. But we are committed to addressing it in full.

Rice said Biden will not immediately end the practice of rapidly expelling migrants to Mexico, measures implemented by the Trump administration in March, citing public health concerns. The measures allow U.S. agents to wave off normal asylum procedures and promptly return most border-crossers to Mexico, an arrangement Homeland Security officials say is needed to prevent further spread of the coronavirus inside border stations and detention centers.

Rice told EFE processing capacity at the border is not like a light that you can just switch on and off.

Said Rice: Our priority is to reopen asylum processing at the border consistent with the capacity to do so safely and to protect public health, especially in the context of covid-19. This effort will begin immediately, but it will take months to develop the capacity that we will need to reopen fully.

Similarly, Sullivan told EFE that the administration would not immediately end the Migration Protection Protocols that Biden had promised to terminate on his first day in office. Under those Trump measures, asylum seekers are sent back to Mexico to wait outside U.S. territory some in squalid tent camps while their claims are processed in U.S. courts.

MPP has been a disaster from the start and has led to a humanitarian crisis in northern Mexico, Sullivan said. But putting the new policy into practice will take time.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/biden-immigration-policy-changes/2020/12/22/2eb9ef92-4400-11eb-8deb-b948d0931c16_story.html

This was a day 1 campaign promise btw
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I cannot wait to flee this country... somehow

Listen jack. The thing of it is

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He probably expected Trump to have Covid slightly under control by the new year, not twice as bad as it was 8 months ago

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Lol

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To be fair he has to fire tons of Trump crazies and refill those spots first i want cyber security to be top priority and new swift sanctions on Russia they had a free ride for 4 years

And then in 2024 dems will be screeching again about leftists not voting for their candidate. You can't keep telling people "we'll be different this time" and expect them to keep believing you bullshit.

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We will be able to take some steps to change policies right away, Rice said. Others will take time to put in place, and the situation at the border will not transform overnight due in large part to the damage done over the last four years. But we are committed to addressing it in full.

Am I supposed to have a problem with this recognition of reality for some reason?

Why would he? Trump only went off of Obama's policies...

thronedfire2 posted...

He probably expected Trump to have Covid slightly under control by the new year, not twice as bad as it was 8 months ago

Okay what will be the excuse in 4 years when nothing changes?
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They are so many people here that think Biden is guaranteed to be a heroic progressive lmao

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BignutzisBack posted...

They are so many people here that think Biden is guaranteed to be a heroic progressive lmao

Yo what? No one thought that

Smashingpmkns posted...

Okay what will be the excuse in 4 years when nothing changes?

They lost the senate races and could do anything besides executive orders

Wasnt the Obama/Biden administration notoriously hard on illegal immigrants?

gamer167 posted...

Wasnt the Obama/Biden administration notoriously hard on illegal immigrants?

illegal immigrants and people seeking asylum arent the same thing even though the Trump admin treated it that way

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Obama had deported more immigrants than other presidents before him combined i think

CADE FOSTER posted...

They lost the senate races and could do anything besides executive orders

Lmao okay
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thronedfire2 posted...

illegal immigrants and people seeking asylum arent the same thing even though the Trump admin treated it that way

Acting like every illegal immigrant is actually an asylum seeker does not help the conversation in any way.

Man yall expect the moon how about we get stability from the highest office for a bit

also lets deal with Pandemic first eh

CADE FOSTER posted...

Man yall expect the moon how about we get stability from the highest office for a bit

also lets deal with Pandemic first eh

Smashingpmkns posted...

This was a day 1 campaign promise btw

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Tenlaar posted...

Am I supposed to have a problem with this recognition of reality for some reason?

So...they ARE dealing with the issue but they are just saying this isn't a problem that can just go away after a day?

If so...then yeah I'm not exactly seeing the problem here either?

nope, cant accept that. if biden cant magic away 4 years of trump policy on day one then he's obviously a failure and we should have all just voted for trump!

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monkmith posted...

nope, cant accept that. if biden cant magic away 4 years of trump policy on day one then he's obviously a failure and we should have all just voted for trump!

Smashingpmkns posted...

Okay what will be the excuse in 4 years when nothing changes?

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Of course not. That would be foolish. We are in the middle of a deadly pandemic after all.

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See, my evaluation of the Dems as a shitty and worthless HE department remains apt

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Beemo_Season11 posted...

Why would he? Trump only went off of Obama's policies...

Smashingpmkns posted...

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"We can't come up with a better policy right now, so let's keep the old policy in place that's worse than having no policy in place"

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Why are some of you acting like Biden has been promising a complete and total overhaul of the immigration system would somehow be completed immediately upon his inauguration? There are some things that he can do on day 1 to start changing things but he's not given a magic wand upon swearing in.

NinjaWarrior455 posted...

"We can't come up with a better policy right now, so let's keep the old policy in place that's worse than having no policy in place"

I disagree that having no policy is better than the existing policy. It would be complete chaos to just end the existing arrangements and many immigrants will straight up die.

We need to make sure we have appropriate accomodations for them before we let them out including food and medical care.

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THEY PLAYED US LIKE A DAMN FlDDLE!!

Smashingpmkns posted...

We will be able to take some steps to change policies right away, Rice said. Others will take time to put in place, and the situation at the border will not transform overnight due in large part to the damage done over the last four years. But we are committed to addressing it in full.

Tenlaar posted...

Am I supposed to have a problem with this recognition of reality for some reason?

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Okay even if we ignore that nothing will be done in the next 4 years, everyone knew this would be an insanely difficult task. Why make it a day 1 campaign promise if they knew they were not going to be able to accomplish it?
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Smashingpmkns posted...

Okay even if we ignore that nothing will be done in the next 4 years, everyone knew this would be an insanely difficult task. Why make it a day 1 campaign promise if they knew they were not going to be able to accomplish it?

Quote this day 1 campaign promise that you're talking about, please. Let's talk about that instead of your predictions of the future.

Tenlaar posted...

Quote this day 1 campaign promise that you're talking about, please. Let's talk about that instead of your predictions of the future.

https://www.npr.org/2020/11/09/932190347/bidens-first-100-days-here-s-what-to-expect
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So why does anyone expect Biden to be a saint? Most of us chose him as the lesser of two evils. Still evil, just not as stupidly evil as Trump.

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Balrog0 posted...

Listen jack. The thing of it is

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Smashingpmkns posted...

https://www.npr.org/2020/11/09/932190347/bidens-first-100-days-here-s-what-to-expect

Biden has said that on his first day as president he will produce comprehensive immigration legislation that creates a pathway to citizenship for 11 million migrants living in the U.S. illegally. It would also provide a pathway to citizenship for people commonly known as DREAMers, who are part of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.

Biden has additionally pledged to make the DACA program permanent on his first day in office, a move that comes after years of Trump administration attempts to rescind the program.

Okay, now where does the article in your OP say that either of these things aren't going to happen any more?

LightHawKnight posted...

So why does anyone expect Biden to be a saint? Most of us chose him as the lesser of two evils. Still evil, just not as stupidly evil as Trump.

We knew Trump was evil too, didnt stop anyone from shitting on him whenever they made stupid decision. Same thing is happening to Biden, I dont see what the problem is

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Did you just stop reading or what
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Biden was never sold to us a good candidate, even his supporters said he was shit and the main selling point is he was the lesser of two evils.

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Neoliberal elected, proceeds to say "Well actually" when pushed on campaign promises

More at 10

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Smashingpmkns posted...

Did you just stop reading or what

Oh, I'm sorry.

On Day 1 as president, Biden has said he plans to pass an executive order establishing a task force focused on reuniting children and parents separated at the border.

Okay, now quote where the article in your OP says that any of these three things are no longer happening.

Topic title doesn't reflect what was written in the article.
*shrugs*

By all means, criticize Biden for not doing the things you want him to do, but actively misleading is something diffetent.

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BignutzisBack posted...

They are so many people here that think Biden is guaranteed to be a heroic progressive lmao

Very few people actually thought that.

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COVxy posted...

*shrugs*

COVxy's reaction when nothing happens in 4 years.
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HA!
*retweet*

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can't believe joe biden isn't going to immediately fix all america's problems the second he's sworn in

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