As the nation prepares for a second term under President-elect Donald Trump, his proposed policies on immigration have taken center stage. He has repeatedly stated plans to deport undocumented immigrants en masse and nominated immigration hardliners — including an instrumental player of his first-term crackdown — to his cabinet and staff, both probable signs of how extreme he hopes to be.
But the Biden administration's approach to immigration, marked by a record rise in irregular immigration at the southern border, has also garnered pushback. During his time in office, President Joe Biden issued a record number of executive actions on immigration policy, facilitating an increase in legal immigration and an overhaul of the refugee resettlement program while presiding over a steep, last-ditch uptick in deportations.
