US President Joe Biden on Tuesday signed three executive
orders seeking to reunite migrant families separated by Donald Trump’s
immigration policy.
The Trump administration had separated undocumented adults
from children at the US-Mexico border in an attempt to deter illegal
immigration.
About 5,500 children have reportedly been identified in
court documents to have been separated from their parents between 2017 and 2018
during Trump’s administration.
But by Biden’s orders a taskforce will be set up to reunite an estimated 600-700 children who are still apart from their families.
Speaking while signing the orders in the White House, Biden
said his administration is working to undo the “moral and national shame” of
the previous administration.
“We’re going to work to undo the moral and national shame of
the previous administration that literally not figuratively ripped children
from the arms of their families, their mothers and fathers, at the border and
with no plan, none whatsoever, to reunify the children who are still in custody
and their parents,” he said.
Alejandro Mayorkas, secretary of homeland security who was
confirmed on Tuesday, will lead the taskforce which is focused on reuniting
parents and children who are apart.
The second and third orders review of Trump’s immigration
policies that curtailed asylum, slowed legal immigration into the US, and
cancelled funding to foreign countries.
The president has also proposed legislation to grant legal
status and a path to citizenship to all of the estimated 11 million
undocumented people in the US.
Jen Psaki, White House press secretary, said the
administration will build a “moral and humane” immigration system.
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