Biden’s first 100 days: How U.S. immigration policy has — and hasn’t — changed

04/28/2021

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CAMILO MONTOYA-GALVEZ | CBS News

President Biden came into office pledging to usher in a new era of U.S. immigration policy by rolling back his predecessor’s hard-line agenda, proposing to legalize undocumented immigrants, expanding legal immigration and making America a safe haven for refugees.

During his first 100 days as president, Mr. Biden halted border wall construction and ended some Trump-era policies, including broad restrictions on green cards. However, Mr. Biden has kept several of his predecessor’s immigration changes, including a historic-low cap on refugees and limits on asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border.

Mr. Biden has also yet to fulfill some campaign promises, like ending for-profit immigration detention and rescinding Trump administration rules that disqualified victims of gang and domestic violence from asylum.

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