Forty men were killed and more than two dozen were injured in one of the deadliest incidents involving immigrants in Mexico’s history. Investigators put the blame for the incident on the migrants who set the blaze and the guards who failed to help them. The United States urged immigrants to take heed of the tragedy and pursue legal methods for entering the U.S., without acknowledging that some of those caught in the fire were attempting to do just that when they were detained. However, an examination by ProPublica and The Texas Tribune underscores that it was the foreseen and foreseeable result of landmark shifts in U.S. border policies over the last decade, by which the Trump and Biden administrations put the bulk of the responsibility for detaining and deterring staggering numbers of immigrants from around the world onto a Mexican government that’s had trouble keeping its own people safe.
Bolding added
That’s only true with an Executive Order, which would overrule anything Congress did, or did not legislate. The power to legislate immigration reform does not get deferred to the President due to inaction of Congress.
Biden has ordered a framework for action, because an Executive Order cannot dictate cohesive immigration reform. After receiving pressure from sanctuary cities, he was forced to increase restrictions at the border.
It can, however, allow for detainment camps, separating parents from children, and deporting those individuals independently without discretion, as we saw during the Trump Administration.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2021/02/02/executive-order-restoring-faith-in-our-legal-immigration-systems-and-strengthening-integration-and-inclusion-efforts-for-new-americans/
https://immigrantjustice.org/timeline-trump-administrations-efforts-end-asylum