Wednesday, February 10, 2021

Biden’s Executive Orders on Immigration Set Stage at Future Action

 
VOANews: Biden’s Executive Orders on Immigration Set Stage at Future Action 

U.S. President Joe Biden’s executive orders this week reversing Trump administration immigration policies change little on the ground now but set the stage for future action, experts told VOA. (read more)


VOANews: Biden Administration Suspends Trump Asylum Deals with El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras 

 In a statement, State Department Secretary Antony Blinken said the United States had "suspended and initiated the process to terminate the Asylum Cooperative Agreements with the Governments of El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras as the first concrete steps on the path to greater partnership and collaboration in the region laid out by President Biden." The so-called "safe third country" agreements, inked in 2019 by the Trump administration and the Central American nations, force asylum seekers from the region to first seek refuge in those countries before applying in the United States. (Read more)

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