<!doctype html><html class=no-js id=1f7f4a61-dab1-5eb9-9b6f-f2e2f854f638> <head><meta charset=utf-8><meta http-equiv=x-ua-compatible content="ie=edge"><title>Biden formally terminates national emergency declaration on the US-Mexico border - The Daily Populous</title><meta name=description content="Biden formally terminates national emergency declaration on the US-Mexico border - The Daily Populous"><meta name=viewport content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><link rel=icon type=image/x-icon sizes="16x16 32x32 48x48 64x64" href=favicon.ico><link rel=stylesheet href=style.css></head> <body> <div class=banner> <a href=index.html> <div class=container> <div class=logo><svg width=16px viewbox="0 0 320 320" class=dailypopulous-logo> <polygon fill=#000 opacity=1.0 points="0,140 100,140 100,180 40,180 40,280 140,280 140,0 180,0 320,0 320,180 220,180 220,140 280,140 280,40 180,40 180,320 140,320 0,320"/> </svg> </div> <div class=text><strong>The Daily Populous</strong> Friday February 12nd, 2021 <em>night</em> edition</div> </div> </a> </div> <div class=container> <header> <h1>Biden formally terminates national emergency declaration on the US-Mexico border</h1> </header> <section id=credits> Authored by <a class=source href=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/biden-us-mexico-border-emergency-trump-b1800968.html>independent.co.uk</a> and submitted by <a href=https://www.reddit.com/u/jesaispasquoichoisir>jesaispasquoichoisir</a> </section> <article id=content> <p>President Joe Biden issued a proclamation on Thursday to terminate the national emergency declaration the former administration issued for the US-Mexico border as part of its effort to fund border-wall construction.</p> <p>Former President Donald Trump declared a national emergency along the southern border in 2019, invoking emergency powers that allowed him to use more money on his long-promised border wall than Congress had approved in its spending deal.</p> <p>By terminating the declaration, Mr Biden was effectively taking one step further towards reversing his predecessor’s hardline immigration agenda for the southern border after having previously signed multiple executive orders aimed at reforming the immigration system.</p> <p>The White House formally notified Congress of the proclamation this week, noting the president issued the directive in January upon taking office.</p> <p>“Like every nation, the United States has a right and a duty to secure its borders and protect its people against threats. But building a massive wall that spans the entire southern border is not a serious policy solution,” the proclamation, signed on Mr Biden’s first day in office, reads, adding: “It is a waste of money that diverts attention from genuine threats to our homeland security.”</p> <p>The proclamation calls for a pause in construction and funding of the border wall, and directs the secretaries of defence and homeland security to assess the legality of the funding and contracting methods.</p> <p>Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said separately on Thursday many migrants believe the &quot;doors are open&quot; to the United States following the recent election of Mr Biden, while warning that wasn&#x27;t true and urging migrants not to believe traffickers who tell them they can get legal status immediately.</p> <p>Please enter your email address Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP Thanks for signing up to the Inside Washington newsletter {{#verifyErrors}} {{message}} {{/verifyErrors}} {{^verifyErrors}} {{message}} {{/verifyErrors}} The Independent would like to keep you informed about offers, events and updates by email, please tick the box if you would like to be contacted</p> <p>Read our full mailing list consent terms here Thanks for signing up to the Inside Washington newsletter {{#verifyErrors}} {{message}} {{/verifyErrors}} {{^verifyErrors}} {{message}} {{/verifyErrors}} The Independent would like to keep you informed about offers, events and updates by email, please tick the box if you would like to be contacted</p> <p>Read our full mailing list consent terms here</p> <p>He noted that he welcomed Mr Biden&#x27;s policy proposal, but that it would take time to be approved and implemented.</p> <p>&quot;Now, for example, that there is a U.S. immigration policy to regularise the situation of migrants, Mexicans and our Central American brothers, people think that now the doors are open, that President Biden is going to immediately regularise all migrants,&quot; the Mexican president said.</p> <p>&quot;It is not true that everyone can go now to the United States and they will be regularised, that has not been defined yet,&quot; he said. &quot;Our brother migrants should have this information so that they won&#x27;t be deceived by human traffickers, who paint a rosy picture.&quot;</p> <p>The Mexican leader also cited the recent massacre of 19 people, including at least 14 Guatemalan migrants, as justification for his policy of stopping Central American migrants at Mexico&#x27;s southern border.He said the massacre showed that it was too dangerous to allow migrants to travel through drug-cartel turf in northern Mexico.</p> <p>&quot;This was always our argument, that we need to protect migrants, watch out for them,&quot; he said. &quot;If they enter (Mexico) and spread out, we cannot keep an eye on them or protect them, and they wind up in the hands of organised crime, they are in danger.&quot;</p> <p>Under pressure from Mr Trump in 2018 and 2019, the Mexican president posted thousands of immigration, military and National Guard agents at Mexico&#x27;s border with Guatemala to stop caravans of Central American migrants from entering the country.Rights activists say Mexico&#x27;s policy has exposed migrants to additional dangers, including excessive use of force by law enforcement forces, extortion by criminal gangs and violations of their human rights.</p> </article> <div id=comments> <div class=comment> <p><a href=https://www.reddit.com/u/Vengefuleight>Vengefuleight</a><span class=time> on February 11st, 2021 at 17:29 UTC <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/lhn877/_/gmyklzv?context=1">&raquo;</a></p> <p><p>Do you think Biden’s waking up in the middle of the night remembering some dumb shit Trump did that he hasn’t had a chance to undo yet and is like “fuck...guess I’ll get to that first thing tomorrow”</p> <p>Edit: RIP to my inbox.</p> </p> </div> <div class=comment> <p><a href=https://www.reddit.com/u/HAHA_goats>HAHA_goats</a><span class=time> on February 11st, 2021 at 16:11 UTC <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/lhn877/_/gmy96rb?context=1">&raquo;</a></p> <p><p>It should always be brought up in discussions with republicans that Trump never made Mexico pay even a cent for that boondoggle. It was tax money stolen from us, given to contractors that did shit work, and land stolen from us, given to those same contractors. Had the project actually been completed, the route of the wall would have effectively ceded tens of thousands of acres of US territory to Mexico because the wall couldn&#39;t be built exactly on the border. Not to mention all of the land torn up by construction traffic, and the impact on wildlife.</p> </p> </div> <div class=comment> <p><a href=https://www.reddit.com/u/StevenSanders90210>StevenSanders90210</a><span class=time> on February 11st, 2021 at 15:48 UTC <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/lhn877/_/gmy5y5w?context=1">&raquo;</a></p> <p><p>This means Fox News will be back to their fear mongering caravans soon.</p> </p> </div> </div> <nav> <a href=https://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/lhn877>Discuss this article on reddit</a> <a href=index.html>Back to The Daily Populous Friday February 12nd, 2021 night edition</a> </nav> <footer> <p>This page is an archived snapshot of <a href=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/biden-us-mexico-border-emergency-trump-b1800968.html>https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/biden-us-mexico-border-emergency-trump-b1800968.html</a> taken on 2021-02-12 by The Daily Populous as part of the night edition to create a permanent, immutable record. <a href=https://dailypopulous.com/ >dailypopulous.com</a> is a non-profit website and has no advertising. 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