Obama announced a change to Cuban immigration policy. Cubans who attempt to enter the U.S. illegally will be treated the same as other migrants.

His more holistic approach to the region’s problems may clash with immigration hardliners that Donald Trump has surrounded himself with.

Among the many things President-elect Donald Trump has promised is undo President Obama’s executive action protecting young undocumented immigrants who were brought to the United States as children, also known as Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). The public does not support punishing these young people nor is it sound economic or immigration policy, President-elect Trump should recognize that.

The dark views of the incoming president and his team make it very likely that restrictionist and extreme views on immigration will now be taken seriously.This week, the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) released its transition ideas for the new administration and there are no surprises in the document. As usual the group paints a bleak portrait of immigrants and immigration. Their prescriptions are harsh but not new: build a wall, detain more immigrants, deport more immigrants, prosecute immigration violators, use state and local police to round up immigrants, end birthright citizenship, cut back on legal immigration, and so on.