The Biden Administration recently announced two immigration enforcement policies that are considerable changes from the Trump White House’s approach. While detractors will likely allege weakness and sound the “open borders” alarms, these new policies will better protect public safety than those of the prior administration.
The new administration announced its first major border security change when the Justice Department repealed the Trump administration’s controversial “zero tolerance” policy — which was also responsible for the child separation scandal that occurred in 2017 and 2018. Under this policy, federal prosecutors were forced to pursue criminal prosecutions for all first-time illegal entrants referred to them by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). This policy proved a remarkable departure from those of prior administrations, which would still deport individuals lacking valid claims to stay but would reserve criminal prosecutions for more serious offenders — like human traffickers or cartel members smuggling weapons and drugs.
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