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    California to spend $28M to help arriving asylum-seekers

    Elliot Spagat, Associated Press|Updated Mar 3, 2021

    SAN DIEGO (AP) – California is freeing up as much as $28 million to help immigrants arriving from Mexico and being released in the U.S. until their court dates, a sharp contrast from other border states that have emerged as foes of President Joe Biden's immigration policies. The funding, expected to last through June, comes as Biden unwinds former President Donald Trump's policy to make asylum-seekers wait in Mexico until their court hearings. It will pay for hotel rooms for i...

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    Biden to slowly allow tens of thousands seeking asylum into US

    Elliot Spagat, The Associated Press|Updated Feb 17, 2021

    The Biden administration, Friday, Feb. 12, announced plans for tens of thousands of people who are seeking asylum and have been forced to wait in Mexico under a Trump-era policy to be allowed into the U.S. while their cases wind through immigration courts. The first wave of an estimated 25,000 asylum-seekers with active cases in the "Remain in Mexico" program will be allowed into the United States on Feb. 19, authorities said. They plan to start slowly, with two border...

  • Biden to prioritize legal status for millions of immigrants

    Elliot Spagat, The Associated Press|Updated Jan 20, 2021

    President Joe Biden’s decision to immediately ask Congress to offer legal status to an estimated 11 million people in the country has surprised advocates given how the issue has long divided Democrats and Republicans, even within their own parties. Biden said Saturday, Jan. 16, he will announce legislation his first day in office to provide a path to citizenship for millions of immigrants in the United States illegally, according to four people briefed on his plans. The president-elect campaigned on a path to citizenship f...