The promise and pitfalls of Joe Biden’s immigration agenda

In many ways, immigration was the central issue of the Trump presidency. Hardline anti-immigrant rhetoric was key to his 2016 campaign. Once in office, he made aggressive — and deeply controversial — policy changes to limit both legal and illegal immigration.

President-elect Joe Biden has put forward a wide-ranging agenda to reverse most of Trump’s immigration policies, which he called a “moral failing and a national sham.” Biden has promised to renew and expand protections for “Dreamers,” end family separation, reform the asylum system, drastically increase the number of refugees...