President-Elect Biden has a lot of work to do on immigration – both in terms of reversing the hundreds of changes made over the last four years by the Trump Administration and in making a lot of new changes that can improve a system that wasn’t in great shape before Trump was elected. There’s a decent chance Biden will need to make changes without legislation from Congress because the Republicans may retain control of the Senate. On the other hand, Biden is promising bipartisanship so we shouldn’t write off legislative changes. Plus, the Democrats may recapture the Senate when the special elections in Georgia happen in January. Various groups and individuals have been collecting ideas for the new Administration and you can find links to the reports and essays outlining them below –
- Greg Siskind (AILA Blog) – The Biden Administration Needs to Add Digital Modernization Into Its Immigration Plans
- Niskanen Center – Redefining Immigration Reform: How Immigration Supports American Ideals
- American Immigration Lawyers Association – A Vision for America as a Welcoming Nation: AILA Recommendations for the Future of Immigration
- The Cato Institute – Reframing the Immigration System: A Brief Outline
- Cyrus Mehta – Proposal for the Biden Administration: Using the Dual Date Visa Bulletin to Allow the Maximum Number of Adjustment of Status Filings
- Zolberg Institute on Migration and Mobility The New School and Center for Migration Studies of New York – Improving the U.S. Immigration System in the First Year of the Biden Administration
- Alliance of Business Immigration Lawyers – 12 Business Immigration Recommendations
- Cyrus Mehta – Proposal for the Biden Administration to Reduce Backlogs: Count the Family Together So That They May Stay Together
- Center for American Progress – A New Paradigm for Humane and Effective Immigration Enforcement
- NAFSA – Rebuilding and Restoring International Education Leadership