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The Trump administration throws out approximately 10,000 immigrants to Mexico and other places unusual move in response to the pandemic. This turned away asylum seekers and unaccompanied immigrant children, both of which are protected by law. -
Trump administration got ordered to fully restore an Obama-era program designed to shield young undocumented immigrants from deportation, dealing what could be a final blow to President Trump's long-fought effort to end the protections. The program, known as Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, was created by President Barack Obama in 2012. It has protected over 800,000 individuals, known as "dreamers," over the years. -
Taking away the ban that past president Donald Trump placed, President Biden reopened the US to immigrants seeking green cards. -
Operation Sentinal targets assets and people. They took everything they could to make immigrants unable to travel. They took travel documents, froze U.S. bank accounts and other financial assets, and blocked commercial entities involved in the smuggling trade. -
The Biden administration completes a streamlined plan to overhaul the immigration policy for asylum seekers. The plan gives asylum officers authority to evaluate cases in hopes to shorten the process amidst backlogged immigration courts. -
Over the year 2021-2022, the total annual arrest at the southwestern US border reached its all-time high. There was record of 2.2 million arrests in that year by the US border patrol of people caught crossing illegally. Also according to the data release 172,508 people were processed at U.S. ports of entry along the Mexican border. -
DACA (Deferred Action for Children Arrivals) for immigrant children was ruled illegal. The ones already enrolled could renew their status. -
The Biden Administration announced new pathways to the US for some asylum-seekers and they are launching an app that migrants can use to apply digitally. The goal is to have fewer migrants crossing the border without authorization and to slow the surge in migration.