The executive orders have been released, changes are starting to take place but our work continues.
This is what the #BidenAdministration has done in its first few days/weeks in office & what it still needs to act on in order to truly achieve #MigrantJustice
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This is what the #BidenAdministration has done in its first few days/weeks in office & what it still needs to act on in order to truly achieve #MigrantJustice
A thread 🧵⬇️
The 1st batch of immigration centered Executive Orders & memos included things like...
- Halting wall construction
- The Muslim & African Bans rescinded
- DACA restored
- A repealed census order excluding undocumented people
- Restoring deferred enforced departure for Liberians
- Halting wall construction
- The Muslim & African Bans rescinded
- DACA restored
- A repealed census order excluding undocumented people
- Restoring deferred enforced departure for Liberians
With the additional new orders announced yesterday that include:
- Creating a task force to reunify families separated under the Trump administration
- Implementing a 3-part plan to improve access to the asylum system
- And an EO reviewing the existing legal immigration system
- Creating a task force to reunify families separated under the Trump administration
- Implementing a 3-part plan to improve access to the asylum system
- And an EO reviewing the existing legal immigration system
The Biden-Harris administration is saying the right words and expressing its intent to move in the right direction -- but the fact is they don’t go far enough.
There’s still a LOT that we’re waiting for...
There’s still a LOT that we’re waiting for...
Among those things are:
- An end to Family Detention (& detention in general)
- A Truth, Reunification & Reconciliation Commission
- TPS for all
- Ending Pol[ICE] collaboration
- The demilitarization of the border
- A bond system reform
...cont.
- An end to Family Detention (& detention in general)
- A Truth, Reunification & Reconciliation Commission
- TPS for all
- Ending Pol[ICE] collaboration
- The demilitarization of the border
- A bond system reform
...cont.
- An end to expedited removal
- Repealing criminal bars to immigration relief
- Getting rid of the U visa cap
- Ensuring immigrants in detention can receive the #COVID19 vaccine
- Repealing criminal bars to immigration relief
- Getting rid of the U visa cap
- Ensuring immigrants in detention can receive the #COVID19 vaccine
- An extension (into ICE, DHS & CBP) of the EO directing no new renewals of existing contracts with private prison operators.
- Ensuring @DHSgov exercises its discretion to stay ALL deportations
….and the list goes on.
- Ensuring @DHSgov exercises its discretion to stay ALL deportations
….and the list goes on.
.@POTUS must go beyond reuniting families and establish a Truth, Reunification & Reconciliation Commission to get the justice directly impacted families deserve.
This admin campaigned on a promise to take immediate action to undo the policies put in place by its predecessor...
This admin campaigned on a promise to take immediate action to undo the policies put in place by its predecessor...
It must stop the pain that’s been intentionally inflicted on our immigrant communities for decades. By BOTH parties.
A new administration never meant easy solutions to immigration. @KamalaHarris & @JoeBiden must #KeepThePromise.
A new administration never meant easy solutions to immigration. @KamalaHarris & @JoeBiden must #KeepThePromise.
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