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20 Jan, 4 tweets, 2 min read
We have a list of today’s immigration EOs!

1: Rescinding Census EO
2: Rescinding Muslim Ban
3: Rescinding 2017 interior enforcement EO
4: Stop wall construction
5: Renewing Liberian DED
6: Fortifying DACA

Is the moratorium in no. 3? Or is it not today?

buildbackbetter.gov/press-releases…
Rescinding the 2017 interior enforcement EO is huge. It ordered many anti-immigrant measures designed to empower ICE.

Notably, the language in the Biden fact sheet is vague enough that the new EO may contain the moratorium

Read about the 2017 EO here: americanimmigrationcouncil.org/immigration-in…
The Biden team has said we'll get ANOTHER day of immigration-related executive orders next week, so today is just the first step!

Next week, we should get EOs on:

- Family reunification
- Legal immigration
- Border processing
- Expanding refugee numbers to 125,000
It is possible that we may not see a deportation moratorium today because the Biden team believes they need a Senate-confirmed head of DHS in office... and yesterday Senator Hawley blocked the quick confirmation of Alejandro Mayorkas in a fit of pique.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick Profile picture
21 Jan
Sitting down to work for the first day of the Biden presidency is a surreal feeling.

So much happened yesterday. I'm going to collect my threads here on yesterday's big immigration news.

First, we got key details of Biden's big immigration bill.

1/11
Once Biden had officially taken office, we got the first major action. As part of a standard transition process, the Biden White House froze all regulations which Trump had been trying to finalize at the last hour. I did a thread on what we escaped.

2/11
Last night we started getting more changes. One of the first was an order telling CBP to stop putting people into the so-called "Migrant Protection Protocols," a cruel program that's left thousands in a dangerous limbo. But there's still more to do!

3/11
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick Profile picture
21 Jan
It seems like we WILL get details about the moratorium tonight. It begins on Friday! 🎊

Few details other than: "For 100 days, starting January 22, 2021, DHS will pause removals for certain noncitizens ordered deported."

"Certain" is not yet defined. Image
Going back and deleting my previous tweets about not getting the deportation moratorium tonight!
Very important to note that tonight's deportation moratorium is ONLY a moratorium on deportation.

The new memo says that "DHS will continue to enforce our immigration laws." That means arrests and likely detentions will continue for now.

More details to come in the next days. Image
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick Profile picture
21 Jan
🎊We have our first immigration EO and it's the order ending the Muslim Ban/Africa Ban!

The Bans "are a stain on our national conscience and are inconsistent with our long history of welcoming people of all faiths and no faith at all."

whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/… Image
Biden revokes the original Muslim Ban and all three Proclamations extending it.

That lifts restrictions on immigrant visas against:
- Burma
- Eritrea
- Iran
- Kyrgzstan
- Libya
- Nigeria
- North Korea
- Somalia
- Sudan
- Syria
- Tanzania
- Yemen Image
Biden also directs the State Department to immediately resume visa processing of all people subject to the Muslim Ban/African Ban, as well as come up with a plan within 45 days to not only reconsider all previous visa denials but also to consider how to expedite applications. ImageImage
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick Profile picture
20 Jan
This is a standard order issued following every transition, but today it feels so important because of how many horrific things were in the pipeline.

Here's a brief thread about some of the terrible anti-immigration regulations that didn't make it across the finish line.

1/
First, we just BARELY escaped a new regulation severely restricting the H-1B program in many ways which the experts on business immigration have assured me were pretty illegal anyway.

It had already been sent to the Federal Register last week.

2/
We also just barely escaped a dystopian rule that would have expanded biometric collection for all immigration benefits to even the US citizen family members—and impose "continuous vetting" on immigrants.

It cleared White House review last week.

3/
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick Profile picture
20 Jan
There is a LOT to like about this bill. I want to highlight some of the proposed changes beyond just legalization, including:

- Ending the 3 & 10 year bars
- Curbing the "Muslim ban" authority
- Preventing "aging out" of children on nonimmigrant visas.

buildbackbetter.gov/press-releases…
Today's press release says the new bill will revoke the 1996 immigration bill's creation of 3 and 10 year bars to getting a visa for those who have been present unlawfully in the US for 6 months or over a year.

Here's @immcouncil's fact sheet on the bars: americanimmigrationcouncil.org/research/three…
The new bill has multiple provisions designed to reduce the current green card backlogs, which for nationals of some countries like India, China, Mexico, and the Philippines, can mean the process of obtaining a green card can take 20+ years (or even longer in some cases).
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15 Dec 20
🚨The last of the Trump administration's anti-asylum rules has been published—to go into effect just five days before inauguration.

This rule imposes a 15-day filing deadline on migrants after a first court hearing to submit an asylum application.

public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2020-27210.pdf
Here's what I wrote about the rule when first proposed.

It forces every person in "asylum only" proceedings—which thanks to last weeks' rule is EVERYONE screened at the border—to submit an asylum application just 15 days after their first court hearing.

immigrationimpact.com/2020/09/24/asy…
Asylum applications are complicated forms, over a dozen pages long, which by law must be submitted in English.

Following this new rule, people who are locked in detention with no lawyer and who don't speak English at all will be given just 15 to fill out and complete the form.
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