The Making of a President 2020: Biden Moves Left on Immigration?

Julia Preston for the Marshall Project reports on a task force assigned to find common ground on immigration between likely presidential nominee Joe Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) broadly endorsed Biden’s plans to offer citizenship to undocumented immigrants, including those who came here as children. The task force proposals stopped short of calling explicitly for de-funding or abolishing the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE). And they provided more detail and urgency to Biden’s plans to roll back Trump’s near-shutdown of the border with Mexico and reverse his dismantling of the asylum system. Citing the coronavirus pandemic, the task force urged Biden to significantly expand access to health care for all immigrants, regardless of their legal status.

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