Biden Admin Releases New ‘Blueprint’ for Immigration Overhaul at US–Mexico Border

Immigrants who arrived illegally from across the Rio Grande river from Mexico make their way along a track towards a processing checkpoint set up by Border Patrol agents in the border city of Roma, Texas, on March 27, 2021. Ed Jones/AFP via Getty Images

As the Biden administration struggles to process the surging influx of illegal immigrants, the White House on Tuesday revealed a plan to overhaul immigration at the U.S.–Mexico border.

This new plan comes a day after the Biden administration received criticism from immigration advocates for a statement in which the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said they will speed up deportations of certain family units who try to enter the United States illegally between ports of entry.