Senior Border Advisor Katie Tobin to Depart Biden Administration
Tobin, instrumental in ending 'Remain in Mexico' policy, leaves amid record migrant crossings and ongoing asylum law discussions.
- Katie Tobin, the Senior Director for transborder issues at the National Security Council, will be leaving the Biden administration next week after three years in her role.
- Tobin played a significant role in ending Title 42, also known as the “Remain in Mexico” policy, a policy of the Trump administration.
- Since the end of Title 42, record numbers of undocumented migrants have crossed the southern border and illegally entered the United States.
- Tobin led the Biden administration’s efforts toward the Los Angeles Declaration on Migrant Protection, which was signed by more than 20 countries.
- The Biden administration has released more than 3.3 illegal immigrants into the country via parole or overstaying their visa in 2023.