Immigration Reform During A Pandemic? Biden Administration Comes Out Swinging
Immigration law expert Austin T. Fragomen, Jr. discusses the Biden Administration’s bold approach to immigration reform.
The COVID-19 pandemic had a dramatic effect on immigration law, disrupting policies that were already shaken up by the Trump Administration during its first three years. Practitioners who advise on immigration law now must keep up with changes wrought by the pandemic as well as near-daily immigration news from the Biden Administration.
For the previous Administration, “COVID created the opportunity to significantly curtail legal immigration,” says immigration law expert Austin T. Fragomen, Jr., Chairman of the Executive Committee at Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen, & Loewy, LLP and co-author of Fragomen on Immigration Fundamentals: A Guide to Law and Practice, Fifth Edition, available from PLI Press. In a recent article in the PLI Chronicle, Fragomen outlines the immigration actions taken by the Biden Administration in its early days and anticipates changes to come.
An emphasis on prioritizing immigration reform this early in a President’s tenure is “startling,” given this topic’s traditional status as a “third rail” in American politics, Fragomen observes. Nevertheless, the new administration has forged ahead on issues including DACA, the “travel ban,” employment and more.
Click to read Fragomen’s article, “What Can We Expect on Immigration from the Biden Administration?“ For more insights and perspectives for the legal community, visit the PLI Chronicle on PLI PLUS. Visit PLI.edu for immigration-related programs and publications.
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