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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Oliver Laughland

Unpicking of Trump-era asylum curbs primes partisan powder keg

A family seeking asylum in the US give their documents to US border patrol after crossing from Mexico in Yuma, Arizona, on 22 February.
A family seeking asylum in the US give their documents to US border patrol after crossing from Mexico in Yuma, Arizona, on 22 February. Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

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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