The US is sending military reinforcements to the border with Mexico
In anticipation of a chaotic situation, President Joe Biden has dispatched 24,000 agents to the border with Mexico in recent days to help migrants entering the country through legal channels and expelling others.
- Share this report on WhatsApp
- Share this report on Telegram
On Thursday (11) an immigration legislation called Title 42 expires. According to the wording of this rule, the US government could automatically expel anyone entering the country without a visa or required documents. The reason given was the pandemic.
President Biden stated that the first few days after the end of rule are likely to be chaotic. For months he has been urging migrants to use programs that try to avoid crowds on his southern border.
Now the Biden administration is trying to persuade migrants to go through legal channels, such as by scheduling an appointment to apply for asylum at a port of entry, apply for family reunification permits, or through a staterun smartphone app called CBP One Participate in a program that allows the entry of 30,000 people per month (this program only applies to people from Venezuela, Nicaragua, Cuba and Haiti who want to immigrate for humanitarian reasons).
However, immigrants say they have difficulties using CBP One.
1 of 1 Image of immigrants in the city of Yumi, Arizona, on May 10, 2023 Photo: Mario Tama/Getty Images/AFP Image of immigrants in the city of Yumi, Arizona, on May 10, 2023 Photo: Mario Tama /Getty Images/AFP
And now?
To deal with the influx of immigrants, the US government must first resort to an old rule called Title 8.
If immigrants are not “eligible for asylum,” they can be deported under Title 8, an immigration rule that has been in place for decades, allowing the deportation of anyone who enters the country without a visa or required documents, but who have nothing to do with health issues .
A US government official, who asked not to be named, said that starting Thursday, the government will significantly expand its use of accelerated deportations at the border and that for the first time in history, migrants from Cuba, Nicaragua, Haiti and Venezuela would be deported to Mexico based on title 8.
Migrants of other nationalities are being returned to their countries of origin with the legal support of agreements negotiated over the past year and a half.
New rules
In late February, the US government proposed new rules to limit the granting of asylum to immigrants.
This new proposal is in progress.