

Direct FBI to issue report on delays in background checks for gun purchases.

Direct attorney general to deliver a list of recommendations for restructuring the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and other Justice Department agencies to better enforce gun laws.

The Biden administration said it was scrapping the idea, after consultations with civil rights groups and police unions that said it would be counterproductive. Officials subsequently acknowledged that hundreds of children have been held by Border Patrol for much longer, due to an increase in unaccompanied minors arriving at the border and a lack of facilities to house them. The administration did roll out plans to release parents and children within 72 hours of their arrival in the United States in March. There’s been no announcement of added investments in case-management systems. End prolonged migrant detention and invest in a case-management system to process people. His administration has faced questions about allegations of abuse in at least one Texas facility, which are being investigated.
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Ensure that personnel within Immigration and Customs Enforcement and within Customs and Border Protection abide by professional standards and are held accountable for inhumane treatment.īiden included funding for training and investigating misconduct in his immigration bill and in the budget he proposed to Congress. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said in March his agency was issuing a rule to “preserve and fortify DACA,” but the policy faces a Texas court challenge that could invalidate protections for those often described as “dreamers.” illegally by their parents - and their families by reinstating DACA, the Obama-era policy defending them from deportation. Protect those often described as “Dreamers” - young immigrants brought to the U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, tasked with dealing with the root causes of migration, has spoken to the leaders of Mexico and Guatemala, but no regional meeting is on the horizon. Convene a regional meeting of leaders, including officials from El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico and Canada, to address the factors driving migration and propose a regional resettlement solution. No review has been ordered, but Biden’s Department of Homeland Security has granted TPS for Venezuelans and Burmese, extended it for Syrians and extended a related program for Liberians. Order a review of Temporary Protected Status. The task force is making slow progress as it pores over thousands of records. Biden signed executive orders ending the policy and establishing a task force focused on reuniting families. End family separation and create task force to reunite families separated at the border. civics test for applicants, considered more accessible than the Trump-era revamp. Biden signed an executive order in February ordering a plan to improve the naturalization process, and the Department of Homeland Security has since revoked some Trump-era rules, sought public input into naturalization barriers and reverted to a 2008 version of the U.S. Streamline and improve the naturalization process for green card holders. Deliver a comprehensive immigration reform bill to Congress within his first 100 days. And Biden has yet to articulate a plan to manage asylum flows beyond proposing that billions of dollars be spent to address root causes in Central America. But he has kept a Trump-era policy that allows Customs and Border Protection to expel migrants who enter the country without authorization to avoid the spread of COVID-19.

He’s eliminated some Trump-era policies, like a requirement that new asylum seekers wait in Mexico. Biden has promised to unveil a new “humane” asylum system but he and his aides have been mum on timing and offered no specifics. Biden signed an executive order in February directing his officials to craft a strategy for migration, including refugees and asylum seekers. The largest number of unaccompanied children ever at the border created massive overcrowding at Customs and Border Protection facilities and set off a mad scramble for temporary space at convention centers, military bases and other large venues. He has yet to establish any new public-private partnerships. Yes, but is it enough? The Department of Homeland Security has deployed the Federal Emergency Management Agency to help deal with the major increase of border arrivals, and Biden signed an executive order asking officials to prepare plans for using humanitarian resources there.
