Biden to Mexico: US plans to reverse Trump’s immigration policies
US President Joe Biden has discussed plans to reverse the previous American administration's immigration policies with Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
In a phone call on Friday, Biden outlined his plan to reduce migration by focusing on "addressing its root causes," according to a readout of the call released by the White House on Saturday.
Biden plans to increase "resettlement capacity and lawful alternative immigration pathways" as well as improving processing at the border.
Former US President Donald Trump had suspended immigration to the United States, claiming the move was aimed at protecting his people and their jobs during the coronavirus pandemic.
He had promised in 2016 to curb immigration by building a wall on the US border with Mexico, and launched a crackdown on both legal and illegal entries into the country soon after he assumed office.
Democrats and immigrant advocates had said Trump’s decision to limit immigration was aimed at distracting people from his response to the health crisis, which claimed the lives of at least 414,000 people in the country.
The US, the hardest-hit by the coronavirus in the world, has now about 25 million confirmed cases of COVID-19, according to a Reuters tally.
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