After taking office, the Biden administration quickly moved to reverse or revoke a number of the Trump administration's immigration-related policies On inauguration day, President Joseph Biden announced several significant changes, including termination of the national emergency at the southern border, halting border wall construction, and removal of discriminatory travel restrictions imposed primarily on Muslim-majority countries In the following weeks, Biden continued to reverse Trump administration policies, including by overhauling the asylum-seeker regime, creating task forces to undo the harms caused by Trump-era border practices, and reimposing some COVID-related travel restrictions, while revoking others The Biden administration's proposed immigration legislation could introduce even broader reforms going forward
Biden Administration Reverses Trump Administration Policies on Immigration and Asylum