Vice President Kamala Harris is still in the hotbed of debate over immigration and a stiff challenge by Republican lawmakers. A recent Guardian article discussed the difficulty Vice President Kamala Harris faces in trying to alter the legacy of immigration amidst a very polarized political backdrop.

According to The Indian Express, the plight of these Documented Dreamers mirrors that of the children of Indian Americans who are in danger of deportation for aging out of their dependent visa status. Those children, overwhelmingly born in India but having spent most of their lives in the United States, were put in a precarious situation as they turned 21 and lost legal status.

A recent investigation has revealed significant failures on the part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services concerning the safety of unaccompanied migrant children who enter the borders of the United States. The Office of Refugee Resettlement, which belongs to HHS and is responsible for these children, has faced criticism for poorly vetting sponsors and failing to follow up on safety checks.

Representative Mike Johnson recently claimed that Democrats are pushing for undocumented migrants to have a say in U.S. elections. In fact, highly politicized and controversial debates—those that stand as representative of the greater partisan divide on immigration policy—have been insisted in his case: The integrity of the electoral system would be at stake, while illegal immigration would be incentivized.

The Johnson-Reed Act, better known as the Immigration Act of 1924, had a basic foundation of American immigration policy: it used national origins quotas to reduce largely 'undesired' immigration from Southern and Eastern Europe and totally exclude Asian immigrants.

An immigration surge to the United States has had immense effects on the economy, walking out with bumps in job growth and output. Largely from the easing of pandemic-related travel restrictions, the influx has added millions to the labor force. In this regard, the Congressional Budget Office estimated an additional 5.2 million persons to participate in the labor market in 2033, largely due to a boost in net immigration.

The House of Representatives has just approved a new bill of voter eligibility in an effort to protect the integrity of the electoral process. A bill seeking to standardize voter registration procedures across all states and tightening verification measures to ensure that only citizens get registered for voting garnered bipartisan support.

A new legislative effort has been initiated into the reunification of families that were separated due to deportation by prior U.S. policies on immigration. The proposed plan would make provisions for the return of deported parents and guardians to the United States to reunite them with their children.

The Biden administration's new policies on migrant children represent a radical departure from earlier practices and mandating a humane approach to immigration reform. These mechanisms are purposed to give better care and momentary guardianship to unaccompanied migrant children than was given during the Trump regime.

With a rich background, Alejandro Mayorkas fills the position of Secretary of Homeland Security under President Joe Biden. Born in Havana, Cuba, and immigrated to the United States in his infancy, Mayorkas has done wonders in climbing up through a succession of legal and federal positions to spearhead major immigration reforms.