President Biden has been in office for more than half a year, giving us greater insight into the likely trajectory of his first term. Biden deserves praise for
undoing some of the Trump-era’s most dangerous immigration policies, while
setting a more humane tone. But as an immigration lawyer who has represented families and children for years, I am alarmed by another policy the President has enacted that, in practice, may cancel all his gains.
This week, the Biden administration will officially launch
accelerated deportation proceedings for asylum-seeking families in 11 cities across the country. This means that families who’ve claimed asylum after May 28 have less than a year to defend their right to remain in the United States—an arbitrarily accelerated timeline given that asylum cases, even with a lawyer and every conceivable resource, can take years to resolve fairly.
President Biden has been in office for more than half a year, giving us greater insight into the likely trajectory of his first term. Biden deserves praise for undoing some of the Trump-era’s most dangerous immigration policies , while setting a more humane tone . But as an immigration lawyer…
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