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![President Joe Biden speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., on June 4, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/06/2024_0611-border-400x300.jpg)
Biden Opposed Trump’s Asylum Ban in 2018. Now, He’s Implementing It.
If Biden hopes to bolster his lackluster campaign with this desperate turn to the right, he is bound to be disappointed.
![California Gov. Gavin Newsom attends an event with fellow governors in the East Room of the White House on February 23, 2024, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/06/2024_0606-gavin-newsom-400x300.jpg)
Governor Newsom Takes Cue From Biden in Backtracking on Immigration Policy
Policy makers from the federal, state and local levels must use their power to defend immigrant communities.
![President Joe Biden delivers remarks on an executive order limiting asylum in the East Room of the White House on June 4, 2024, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/06/2024_0604_joe-biden-400x300.jpg)
ACLU Vows Legal Action Against Biden’s Anti-Migrant Executive Order
Human rights advocates are lambasting the order, saying it "takes the same approach" as Trump's anti-immigrant policies.
![A National Guard soldier patrols at the entrance of Shelby Park on March 12, 2024, in Eagle Pass, Texas.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/06/2024_0604-im-400x300.jpg)
Biden Issues Executive Order to Deport Thousands of Asylum Seekers
Immigrant rights activists are decrying the order as being inhumane and in violation of international law.
![An immigrant makes a call from his 'segregation cell' at the Adelanto Detention Facility on November 15, 2013, in Adelanto, California.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/06/2024_0604-detention-400x300.jpg)
Hundreds of Doctors Demand Biden End Solitary Confinement in Immigration Prisons
Solitary confinement in ICE prisons would likely explode in scope under Trump’s mass deportation plan.
![A migrant mother rushes her family past a small group of right-wing demonstrators trying to shut down a motel that is housing migrant immigrants, on May 30, 2023, in Queens, New York.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/05/GettyImages-1494657250-400x300.jpg)
From New York to LA, Housing Insecurity Is Undermining Immigrant Students
NYC’s new policy of evicting families from shelters after 60 days is forcing children to repeatedly switch schools.
![A protester holds a sign reading "EVERYONE IS WELCOME" at an outdoor protest](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/05/2024_0506-uk-rwanda-400x300.jpg)
Organizers in UK Are Defending Asylum Seekers From Mass Deportations to Rwanda
The UK is carrying out raids that will deport migrants to a country where many of them have never been.
![Demonstrators march and rally to mark International Workers' Day, also known as May Day, on May 1, 2023, in Los Angeles, California.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/04/2024_0501-may-day-a-400x300.jpg)
Immigrant-Led Organizing Points the Way to a Better World for All Workers
Let’s follow the lead of immigrant workers organizing for a world without borders — this May Day and beyond.
![Silhouettes of children are seen beside an adult troop at a refugee camp](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/04/2024_0424-refugee-camp-400x300.jpg)
Afghan Asylum Seekers Are Being Denied Their Religious Rights in ICE Prisons
Detained Afghan asylum seekers remind us that the US immigration system is rooted in anti-Muslim racism.
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Human Rights Advocates Slam UK Move to Deport Asylum Seekers to Rwanda
The Labour Party has vowed to scrap the legislation if it wins control of the government later this year.