26 JANUARY 2021

Immigration Hub Reacts to Court Ruling Blocking Biden’s Pause on Deportations

WASHINGTON, D.C.— In reaction to a ruling issued by U.S. District Judge Drew Tipton blocking the Biden Administration’s Department of Homeland Security from pausing deportations for 100 days, Kerri Talbot, Deputy Director of the Immigration Hub, issued the following statement:

“President Biden is well within his rights to review the immigration enforcement system, pause Trump’s harmful policies and create a fair and functional immigration system. The deportation pause is an important opportunity to review and reset immigration priorities to align with our values. The American people want to turn the page on the Trump administration’s xenophobia and voters overwhelmingly agree with Biden’s immigration actions announced last week, including the pause on deportations.”

According to recent polling released by the Immigration Hub, nearly 60% of voters in battleground states support a “pause on deportations so that the Department of Homeland Security can review and reset their enforcement policies.” (Civiqs polled 6,967 registered voters in Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Michigan, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin from December 18-25, 2020.)

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