Biden targets Trump immigration curbs with new executive orders

Published February 2, 2021 3:39pm ET



President Biden is set to sign executive orders Tuesday to roll back Trump policies on asylum-seekers and refugees, creating a task force to reunify families who were separated at the border and beginning a broad review of rules limiting asylum.

“President Biden’s strategy is centered on the basic premise that our country is safer, stronger, and more prosperous with a fair, safe and orderly immigration system that welcomes immigrants, keeps families together, and allows people—both newly arrived immigrants and people who have lived here for generations—to more fully contribute to our country,” the White House said in a statement.

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