US President Joe Biden, in an attempt to undo the damage caused by former President Donald Trump’s policies, signed three presidential executive orders on Tuesday which aim to bring the migrant families back together which were forced to split up, reported BBC. 

In order to mitigate illegal migration into the United States, the former administration ordered the authorities to split the children from undocumented adults who attempted to breach the US-Mexico border. 

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The recently signed presidential executive orders will form a special task force that will be responsible for reuniting over 600 children who split up while crossing the border, which will be led by Alejandro Mayorkas, the newly instated Secretary of Homeland Security. 

Between 2017 and 2018, when Donald Trump was the President of the US, the country was responsible for separating over 5,500 children who were migrating along with adults, reported BBC. 

While former US President Barack Obama was in office, with Joe Biden as the Vice President, similar instances of family separation used to occur, however, at a substantially low frequency. 

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The other two presidential executive orders will be focusing on cancelled funding to other nations and reviewing the immigration policy of the previous administration. 

Jen Psaki, the White House Press Secretary said that “Now was not the time to come to the United States,” while reaffirming the President’s commitment towards rebuilding the American immigration policy, reported BBC.