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.
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Here's a brief thread about some of the terrible anti-immigration regulations that didn't make it across the finish line.
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https://twitter.com/DrEricDing/status/1352005480416223232
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.
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It had already been sent to the Federal Register last week.
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https://twitter.com/Haleaziz/status/1350230492247855104
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.
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It cleared White House review last week.
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https://twitter.com/ReichlinMelnick/status/1349755344315146240
The Trump administration will also never be able to go forward with a proposal to severely restrict continuances in immigration court, including a flagrantly illegal rule that would have given immigrants just 40 days to obtain a lawyer.
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https://twitter.com/ReichlinMelnick/status/1331715771379183618
Today's regulatory freeze will also halt this horrific anti-asylum rule from going into effect on Friday. This will give the Biden administration time to reverse the rule, which would have effectively pulled us out of the UN Protocol on Refugees.
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https://twitter.com/ReichlinMelnick/status/1341381407164252162
The Trump administration will also not be able to finalize a regulation first revived in 2019 that would make it harder for children to obtain Special Immigrant Juvenile Status.
The rule had been under final review since October.
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The rule had been under final review since October.
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https://twitter.com/ReichlinMelnick/status/1184102971329695745
Other major changes to legal immigration also didn't make it across the finish line.
This rule, which would have ended "duration of status" visas for students, exchange visitors, and members of the media, drew intensive opposition. It's dead.
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This rule, which would have ended "duration of status" visas for students, exchange visitors, and members of the media, drew intensive opposition. It's dead.
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https://twitter.com/ReichlinMelnick/status/1310727121556430850
The "affidavit of support" rule, which like the public charge rule represented yet another attack on low-income immigrants, is also dead. It was likely proposed too late for them to get it out the door, as they were focusing on killing asylum first.
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https://twitter.com/ReichlinMelnick/status/1311658987897659392
Let's breathe a sigh of relief that none of those rules will happen. And in their haste to get other "midnight rules" out the door, the Trump administration cut corners—and that's cost them. In the last month, multiple "midnight rules" attacking immigrants have been blocked!
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