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Immigration reform: Biden praised but advocates strategize for more Share:
On his first day in office, President Joe Biden sent an immigration agenda to Congress that included citizenship plans for the undocumented and shorter green card wait times. He also used executive orders to lift the Muslim travel ban and rescind the Remain-in-Mexico policy.
And just this week, Democrats in Congress introduced an immigration bill backed by the president.
Some would call the efforts, sweeping.
But the immigration lawyers and advocates gathered at the American Bar Association Midyear Meeting say the reforms are just “a good start.”
Participating in a Feb. 19 online discussion “Rebuilding America’s Immigration System: The First 100 Days of a Biden-Harris Administration,” the frontliners say that getting comprehensive reform passed in Congress is their ultimate goal.
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BOSTON â A coalition of public defenders from across the country is calling on the incoming Biden administration to adopt a 10-point immigration policy plan to reverse what they say are unjust, harmful, and destructive tactics used by the Trump administration.
The plan, announced at a virtual press conference Wednesday, includes redirecting funding away from Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency to legalization efforts, ending immigration detention practices, and establishing a federally funded universal representation program. Over 30 public defender organizations from 14 states signed onto the plan, including the Massachusetts Committee for Public Counsel Services, an organization that provides legal representation for those unable to afford an attorney.
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