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Unlike Trump, Biden doesn't have an immigration czar. But does he need one?

Pro-migrant advocacy groups say Biden’s approach to immigration often results in mixed messaging, sows confusion and makes it slow to enact change.

Haitian immigrant families cross the Rio Grande into Del Rio, Texas, in September 2021 from Mexico.

WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden broke from Donald Trump's immigration approach when he took office, reversing many of his policies and promising more humane treatment of migrants seeking refuge at the southern border. 

Unlike the Trump administration, Biden doesn't have an immigration czar – a top official like Stephen Miller, the architect of some of the prior president's most uncompromising policies. Instead, he assigned immigration duties to a group of officials across the federal government, including Vice President Kamala Harris and Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. 

A string of crises is adding immense pressure to Biden's strategy. Migrants, many from Central America, descended on the border in record-setting numbers this year, sending the administration scrambling to house them during the coronavirus pandemic. Last week, thousands of Haitians took shelter under a bridge at the Texas border, a tense situation that stirred outrage when video captured horse-mounted border agents chasing migrants near the Rio Grande. 

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