January 28th – Two people familiar with the matter revealed that the White House may delay issuing a series of executive orders on immigration issues, including the formation of a task force to deal with the reunion of separated families on the U.S.-Mexico border, which were previously After Intrand The popular government has been separated from the “zero tolerance” policy against illegal immigrants.
According to the previous work plan document released by the White House of the United States, the immigration executive order will be announced on the 29th.
Biden reportedly promised to form a task force on his first day in office when he ran for president.
Sources said the task force is expected to be composed of staff from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Health and Human Services and the State Department, and will be led by Alejandro Mayorkas, the Secretary of Homeland Security nominated by Biden.
The task force’s goal is to reunite separated families on the U.S.-Mexico border, and in the process, deportation will not be used.
The scope of recipient families will also not be limited to families separated by Trump’s “zero tolerance” policy.
According to the report, due to the “zero tolerance” policy, nearly 3,000 illegal immigrant children have been separated from their parents, whose parents have committed illegal entry crimes, most of whom have been deported, while these children remain in the United States.
The parents of these children are either difficult to find now, or even if they do, they are unwilling to bring their children back to their original countries.
At present, the working group has no plan to state whether to allow these parents to enter the United States to reunite with their children.