Unpicking of Trump-era asylum curbs primes partisan powder keg
by Oliver Laughland from US news | The Guardian on (#5XSTB)
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.
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