Biden team to review Trump immigration policies prior to reversal
Feb 3, 2021 catholic news service
Migrants cross the Rio Bravo at Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Feb. 1, 2021, to turn themselves in to request U.S. asylum in El Paso, Texas. Known as Río Bravo del Norte in Mexico, the river is called the Rio Grande in the U.S. (Credit: Jose Luis Gonzalez/Reuters via CNS.)
While new U.S. President Joe Biden is still reviewing immigration directives from his predecessor, policy watchers expect a more immigrant-friendly path forward as well as help for some families adversely affected by Trump administration policies. But that path forward still is not clear.
Marilyn Miranda, 9, draped in a Salvadoran flag, attends an immigration rally with her mother outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington June 4, 2019. (CNS photo/Leah Millis, Reuters)
For years, the U.S. policy on the southern border has focused on security above all else. Under former President Trump, for example, the United States implemented a zero-tolerance policy that led to thousands of children being separated from their families. The administration also put into force the Migrant Protections Protocol, which empowered immigration officials to return thousands of asylum seekers to Mexico to await court decisions in the immigration court system. The administration touted extending the existing border wall.
HOLLAND — The Community Foundation of the Holland/Zeeland Area continues to step in to support local organizations responding to the increased needs in the community created by the COVID-19 pandemic.Over the last three months of 2020, CFHZ awarded grants totaling $448,000 from its COVID-19 Community Stabilization Fund.The grants targeted three areas:Financial stability: preventing people from slipping into poverty and supporting basic needs such as food and housing.Mental health: scaling
HOLLAND — The Community Foundation of the Holland/Zeeland Area continues to step in to support local organizations responding to the increased needs in the community created by the COVID-19 pandemic.Over the last three months of 2020, CFHZ awarded grants totaling $448,000 from its COVID-19 Community Stabilization Fund.The grants targeted three areas:Financial stability: preventing people from slipping into poverty and supporting basic needs such as food and housing.Mental health: scaling
rights. this is what is being handed out here today by immigrant advocates. i ve been talking to a lot of people here who when i say how are you feeling, the word they use is fear. i want to introduce you to a 40-year-old man, he is undocumented from guatemala. he doesn t want to say his name or show his face because of that fear we re talking about. but i m going to ask him a few questions and work with me here because i m going to translate live for you while we have this conversation. start off with asking him how he s feeling today. [ speaking nonenglish ] reporter: he s actually starting off by saying i want to thank you for the interview, sort of giving him voice and he says he wants to bless the american people and is praying