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Trump Ramps Up Border Actions After Biden Era Moves
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- Former President Joe Biden’s border policies prompted President Donald Trump to take quick, tough new actions on immigration and border security during his second term.
- Trump ended certain Biden-era policies, suspended refugee admissions, sought to end birthright citizenship, and mandated registration for all non-citizens in the country.
- Conservative experts argue that while Trump has acted swiftly, Congress must intervene with funding and legal changes for lasting immigration reform.
President Trump’s second term has seen a surge of new executive orders on immigration, many in direct response to the border actions under President Biden.
He ended mass parole and suspended refugee admissions soon after returning to office, with early measures aimed at reinstating previous border policies and introducing new ones.
“What Biden did, I’d say, is the primary cause of the open borders and the millions he led in, including the bad actors who came along with them,”
Lora Ries, director of the Heritage Foundation’s Border Security and Immigration Center, said.
Trump’s new policies include ending the CBP Mobile One app, forming a Homeland Security task force in every state, and ordering all non-citizens to register with the Department of Homeland Security.
“We have no idea who is all here, how many people… so requiring them to register with DHS is a smart move,”
Ries noted.
Other suggestions from experts include pausing funds for NGOs handling immigration and working through the backlog of over 13 million cases at federal agencies.
Ries proposed freezing application intake when backlogs become unmanageable and recommended an emergency declaration to address missing unaccompanied children.
“Working to find those kids, but also pursuing the first part of the law that says it should be the policy to return children back to their home country versus bringing them in and giving them immigration benefits,”
Ries said.
Congressional action remains necessary, according to Ries, particularly to expand ICE resources and close border policy loopholes used under the Biden administration.
“Congress needs to very quickly, drastically fund increased resources for ICE to continue detaining… ICE needs at least 100,000 beds,”
Ries stated.
She emphasized the risk of future Democrat presidents reversing executive actions without legislative reform.
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