10 things you need to know today: March 2, 2021

The Biden administration seeks ways for separated families to reunite, CDC warns against lifting COVID-19 restrictions, and more

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1. Biden administration to let separated migrant families reunite in U.S.

The Biden administration is trying to give families separated at the U.S.-Mexico border a chance to reunite in the United States or their country of origin, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said Monday. "If in fact, they seek to reunite here in the U.S., we will explore lawful pathways for them to remain in the United States — and to address the family needs, so we are acting as restoratively as possible," Mayorkas said. President Biden issued an executive order this month establishing a task force to look into bringing the families back together. Under former President Donald Trump, the U.S. separated around 2,800 families in 2018, and around 550 children continued to await reunification. Mayorkas said the Biden administration has brought 105 families together so far.

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Harold Maass is a contributing editor at The Week. He has been writing for The Week since the 2001 debut of the U.S. print edition and served as editor of TheWeek.com when it launched in 2008. Harold started his career as a newspaper reporter in South Florida and Haiti. He has previously worked for a variety of news outlets, including The Miami Herald, ABC News and Fox News, and for several years wrote a daily roundup of financial news for The Week and Yahoo Finance.