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![President Biden speaks on COVID-19 response in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., on January 26, 2021.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/02/2021_0202-joe-biden-i-400x300.jpg)
Biden Plans Task Force to Reunite Migrant Families Separated by Trump
More than 600 children remain separated from their families due to the prior administration's zero tolerance policy.
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Biden Is Rejecting Trump’s Border Wall — But Favors His Own Technological Wall
A “smart” wall powered by artificial intelligence, facial recognition and drones may prove worse than a steel barrier.
![A migrant holds a sing reading "Biden: light the way for a humane immigration reform", as advocates and migrants demonstrate at San Ysidro crossing port during a vigil named "Path towards Humane Immigration Reform", in Tijuana, Mexico, on January 19, 2021.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/02/2021_0201-biden-immigration-400x300.jpg)
Biden Is Acting to Undo Trump’s Toxic Immigration Legacy. Now Congress Must Act.
It is past time for Congress to step up to the plate and legislate big-picture immigration reform.
![Central American asylum seekers wait as U.S. Border Patrol agents take groups of them into custody on June 12, 2018, near McAllen, Texas.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/01/2021_0115-border-patrol-400x300.jpg)
“Damning” New IG Report Finds Proof of Trump Team Cruelty to Asylum Seekers
The report directly implicates Trump in the disastrous family separation policy.
![Two activists display a banner reading "BIDEN: WE HAVEN'T FORGOTTEN 3 MILLION DEPORTATIONS"](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/12/2020_0104-asylum-400x300.jpg)
Biden Promised to Help Asylum Seekers. He Should Start by Repealing Title 42.
The next administration must commit to ending the misuse of a public health law to expel asylum seekers.
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US Population Growth Falls to Lowest in a Century Amid Pandemic Fallout
Rising mortality rates and declining immigration rates, combined with the decline in births, will slow down the economy.
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SCOTUS Lets Trump Census Plan Excluding Undocumented Immigrants to Move Forward
The ruling, issued by the Court's conservative bloc members, punts the question of apportionment down the road.
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COVID Cases in Prisons and ICE Immigration Jails Surpass 250,000
Activists across the country are holding actions this week calling for the release of prisoners during the pandemic.
![Protesters block an entrance to Ineos plant on Bo’Ness Road on on October 23, 2020, in Grangemouth, Scotland.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/12/2020_1211-climate-protest-400x300.jpg)
New Book Highlights Need for Solidarity for Humans to Survive Global Collapse
Mark Schuller’s “Humanity’s Last Stand” offers concrete strategies for confronting global collapse.
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Five Women in Sanctuary Call on Biden to Free Them Through Executive Actions
We do not know yet what Biden’s transition team plans for us, and until then, we must remain in sanctuary.