Irish Examiner view: Time for more humane policies on immigration in Ireland

Irish governments have often sought amnesties for Irish in the US. We should be prepared to offer that to asylum seekers here

At a protest march in Cork city last year a woman holds a sign calling for an end to direct provision. Picture: Larry Cummins.

US president Joe Biden has signed executive orders aimed at undoing the immigration policies of his predecessor, Donald Trump. 

That will be good news mostly for Mexican immigrants and their families, but also for the thousands of undocumented Irish in the United States.