Biden May Revive Family Detention Policies to Handle Migration, Asylum Issues

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🗓️ 16 March 2023

⏱️ 56 minutes

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On the campaign trail, President Joe Biden promised a more compassionate approach to immigration that would roll back Trump administration policies. But the situation at the border, with swelling numbers of migrants fleeing authoritarian regimes and dire economic conditions, has forced the administration to consider more restrictive measures. Those include possibly reviving the policy of detaining migrant families who cross the border illegally. We’ll talk about Biden’s new policies and look at the situation at the border. Guests: Tyche Hendricks, senior editor covering immigration, KQED Deep Gulasekaram, professor of law, Santa Clara University. He teaches constitutional and immigration law and is co-author of the leading immigration law textbook used in U.S. law schools. Kate Morrissey, immigration reporter, The San Diego Union-Tribune Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:50.9	When President Biden took office, he promised a more compassionate approach to immigration, after the harsh policies of President Trump, which included family's separation.
1:00.7	But as Biden's administration struggles to address the needs of migrants at the nation's southern border and faces mounting criticism from Republicans, it's turning to increasingly restrictive asylum policies and
1:12.5	signaling it may revive family detention.
1:16.1	We look this hour at what's happening at the border and how federal immigration policy
1:20.6	could change.
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1:37.4	In an effort to cope with large numbers of migrants, the U.S.-Mexico border, the Biden administration announced plans last month that it would presume
1:44.8	anyone who enters illegally is ineligible for asylum. It would also quickly deport anyone who did not
1:51.3	seek protection from another country as they made their way to the U.S. or who did not first make
1:56.9	an appointment with border authorities through a new mobile app.
2:06.0	Officials have also suggested they may restart family detention.
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