Biden Clears Path for Trump’s Push to Crack Down on Immigration

This is the fourth story in the series Courting Injustice, which reveals how US immigration courts deny many deserving asylum seekers a fair hearing.

President-elect Donald Trump’s vow to deport millions of migrants and dramatically restrict the US’s asylum program will get help from an unlikely source: President Joe Biden, the man whose immigration record Trump lambasted on his way back to the White House.

After an unprecedented number of asylum seekers sought entry at the southern border in the second half of 2023, Biden this year stretched the use of executive power to restrict access to asylum. ...