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Trump Shut the Door on Migrants. Will Biden Open It?
Thousands of asylum seekers, forced to live in squalid conditions on the doorstep of the U.S., are waiting to see whether a different future awaits under the new administration.
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Caitlin Dickerson, an immigration reporter for The Times, says there is one word that sums up the Trump administration’s approach to border crossing: deterrence. For nearly four years, the U.S. government has tried to discourage migrants, with reinforced walls, family separation policies and threats of deportation.
Those policies have led to the appearance of a makeshift asylum-seeker camp with frayed tents and filthy conditions within walking distance of the United States.
Today, we ask: What will the legacy of President Trump’s immigration policies be? And will anything change next year?
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Caitlin Dickerson, an immigration reporter for The New York Times.
Background reading
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This is what we saw inside the tent camp on the U.S.-Mexico border.
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The Trump administration’s immigration policies have not deterred pregnant women from trying to enter the United States. Here are some of their experiences.
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A federal judge last week ordered the Trump administration to fully restore the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, an Obama-era program designed to shield young, undocumented immigrants from deportation.
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Caitlin Dickerson contributed reporting.
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