Unpicking of Trump-era asylum curbs primes partisan powder keg

Biden administration belatedly reversed a hard-right assault but humanitarian concerns risk being swamped by politics

As the Biden administration announced on Friday plans to end Covid-related restrictions for undocumented people arriving at the southern border, it guaranteed that irregular immigration will return as even more of a polarizing, point-scoring, policy debate.

And as the US hurtles toward midterm elections, another prescient anniversary looms this week.