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By Abby Vesoulis
July 11, 2019 12:00 PM EDT

Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s new immigration plan would decriminalize
migration, making it a civil rather than criminal violation, following the lead
of a plan by former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julián Castro.

Unveiled in a Medium post Thursday, the 2020 Democratic presidential candidate
outlined a sweeping plan to change the country’s immigration system, designating
a Justice Department task force to investigate accusations of migrant
mistreatment and dramatically reducing the number of migrants held in detention
facilities by instead relying on existing surveillance and monitoring
technology.

“We already have the tools to effectively track and monitor individuals without
shoving them into cages and camps along the border. As President, I’ll issue
guidance ensuring that detention is only used where it is actually necessary
because an individual poses a flight or safety risk,” the post says.

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Castro, the former mayor of San Antonio, first proposed decriminalization of
border crossings in April, making being in the United States without proper
paperwork a civil offense, which some have compared to the “federal equivalent
of a traffic ticket.” Undocumented immigrants could still be deported, but
harsher treatment such as criminal detention and family separation would be
effectively undone by the move.

Warren endorsed that proposal in late June, ahead of the first Democratic
debates, where Castro pressed other candidates to support it as well.

In her own plan, Warren would also eliminate expedited removal — a system in
which low-level immigration officials can automatically deport migrants who
arrive at the border without documentation, or who are encountered within 100
miles of the U.S. border during their first two weeks in the country.
Traditionally, expedited removal has been used only when migrants have histories
of previous criminal or immigration violations, but migrants have no right to
appeal an immigration officer’s decision, and often never get to see a judge or
attorney.

Additionally, Warren would raise the number of refugees permitted to enter the
U.S. She says she’d welcome 125,000 refugees in her first year in office and
increase that total to at least 175,000 by the end of her first term. By
contrast, Trump allowed less than 23,000 refugees to resettle in the United
States in fiscal year 2018 — roughly half the cap of 45,000.

Generally, asylum protections apply to individuals fleeing persecution for their
race, nationality, religion, political opinion or membership in a particular
social group. Former President Barack Obama extended those protections to those
fleeing domestic or gang violence. Warren says she’d restore that interpretation
and end Trump’s “remain in Mexico” policy, which forces some migrants to await
their U.S. immigration proceedings in Mexico.

Warren says she would make legal migration a priority by reinstating and
extending the cutoff date for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program
for undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as children, repeal laws that
require undocumented immigrants to wait up to 10 years before they can apply for
citizenship and create a federal office that supports new immigrants.




“We should provide English, civics, and employment-focused classes and training
for immigrants who want to enroll, and work with faith groups and other
community organizations to provide support services for refugees and asylees,
providing the tools to make it easier for newcomers to integrate into their
communities,” her post says.

Lastly, Warren would attempt to address the conditions that are making some
migrants flee their home countries in the first place. She says she would
annually commit at least $1.5 billion in aid to fund programs targeting crime,
poverty, sexual violence, and trafficking in Central America, and also try to
rally other developed countries to match those funds.

Though it might be challenging to accomplish some of these measures if the
Senate remains in Republican hands, Warren says she is willing to change the
system with or without approval from Congress.

“I’ll work with Congress to pass broad-reaching reform, but I’m also prepared to
move forward with executive action if Congress refuses to act,” Warren says.


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