Despite Biden’s campaign promises, immigration reform is on the back burner – By Angelika Albaladejo (Salon) / April 16, 2022
Biden has yet to follow through on his promise to push back on anti-immigrant policies
When Joe Biden ran against President Donald Trump in 2020, he promised to fight back against anti-immigrant policies, including those that punished “sanctuary cities” and that gave more local authorities power to act as an extra arm of federal immigration enforcement.
More than one year into Biden’s presidency, his administration has done little to support so-called sanctuaries — cities, counties or states that limit how much they help federal agents to investigate, arrest or detain immigrants.
Biden told voters he would dial back Trump’s expansion of cooperation agreements between local police officers and agencies like Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Instead, the Biden administration has left such collaborations in place and is even trying to convince local governments that refused to cooperate with ICE under Trump to start doing so now, a Capital & Main review of government documents and speeches shows.
