Illegal crossings of migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela to the US fell by 97%. (AP)
The US authorities registered a 97% drop in which illegal border crossings from migrants Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela since Mexico began accepting citizens of those nations expelled from the United States under an executive order implemented during the Pandemic Per COVID-19announced this Wednesday the government of the President Joe Biden.
The announcement comes a day after Texas and 19 other Republican-ruled states filed a lawsuit to stop widespread granting of the humanitarian parole to citizens of these four countries who apply online, fly to, or find one in the United States economic promoter.
The US government indicated on January 5 that it would allow entry 30,000 people a month from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela are to remain in the country for two years work permit. At the same time, Mexico agreed to accept the same number of migrants from those countries who entered the United States illegally and are being deported under the US framework Title 42denying them the right to seek asylum to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
“These expanded border control measures are working,” he said Secretary of National Security, Alejandro Mayorkas. “It is incomprehensible that some states that can benefit from these highly effective measures are trying to block them and cause more irregular migration at our southern border,” he added.
The US government announced on January 5 that it would allow 30,000 people a month from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela to stay in the country for two years on work permits. (AFP)
The US authorities did this on average 115 daily arrests of migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela along the border with Mexico during the seven-day period ended Tuesday, compared to a daily average of 3,367 arrests taken in the week ending December 11th.
The Texas-led lawsuit is investigating to suspend the issuance of conditional humanitarian permits on a large scale for these four countries that could add up 360,000 per year. The appeal was assigned to the Federal Court of Justice Drew Tipton District in Corpus Christi, appointed by the former President donald trump and who decided against the Biden administration who has priority for deportation.
“This illegal amnesty programwhich will invite hundreds of thousands of foreigners to immigrate to the United States each year will exacerbate this migration crisis drasticallysaid the Texas Attorney General Ken Paxtonin a press release.
According to the law, the Department of Homeland Security it can grant parole to migrants “on a case-by-case basis for urgent humanitarian reasons or for significant public benefit.”
Until now, 1,700 Cubans, Nicaraguans and Haitians came to the United States humanitarian parole In line with policy changes announced this month, thousands more have been approved from those three countries, government officials told reporters on a conference call on condition of anonymity. The number of Venezuelan migrants was not available at the moment.
The Texas-led lawsuit aims to halt the issuance of large-scale humanitarian paroles to these four countries, which could total 360,000 a year. (Portal)
Robert Velascothe Director of North American Affairs for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mexicoshared Mayorkas’ position that the recent changes are a success.
“The measures announced by the United States have begun to produce important results with a dual objective open avenues for regular migration and also significantly reduce the risks associated with irregular migration flows,” he wrote in the Mexican newspaper Excelsior on Tuesday.
A surge in Cuban and Nicaraguan arrivals in December prompted the increased number of illegal crossings recorded during any month of the Biden presidency, the administration reported last week. The authorities did 251,487 migrant detentions along the southern border in December, 7% more than in November and 40% more than the same period last year.
the Department of Homeland Security He said Wednesday the January number was “on track” to be the lowest since February 2021, Biden’s first full month in office.
(With information from The Associated Press)
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