Biden Immigration Policies Looking a Lot Like Trump’s 

The Department of Homeland Security is preparing to “maximize” the use of a process known as Expedited Removal.

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The secretary of homeland security, Alejandro Mayorkas, May 4, 2022, on Capitol Hill. AP/Mariam Zuhaib

While President Biden has been known to deride his predecessor’s immigration policies as anti-immigrant, xenophobic, and racist, many of his administration’s proposals for dealing with the issue bear strong resemblance to Trump-era strategies. 

President Trump favored the expulsion of asylum seekers at the southern border, and a protocol known as Title 42 was put into place to help enforce that vision. The Biden administration has continued utilizing the protocol, but it is due to be phased out this month even as a record number of migrants is attempting to cross the southern border. 

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