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REVIEW OF THE LEGAL IMMIGRATION SYSTEM

U.S. President Joe Biden is expected on Friday to issue executive orders on asylum resettlement and reunification of migrant families, among other issues, according to a Biden transition team memo shared with lawmakers and interviews with two people familiar with the plans. Biden plans to rescind some Trump policies that made it harder to obtain asylum in the United States, according to the memo. The specific policies that would be reversed are not named.

Biden will direct U.S. agencies to create strategies to address the root causes of migration from Central America and expand opportunities for migrants to come to the United States legally.

Biden is expected to issue an executive order that would remove barriers to legal immigration and citizenship.

As part of that effort, the order will begin the process of rescinding Trump’s so-called “public charge” rule, which makes it harder for immigrants who are poor or need certain government benefits to secure residency and stay in the country, according to two people familiar with the plans.