The Biden administration is considering plans to include Cubans, Nicaraguans and Haitians in a legal process available to Venezuelans seeking asylum in the US, according to reports.
The Wall Street Journal reported that according to internal government documents it saw with two officials familiar with the plans, the program would allow migrants from those four countries to apply for asylum from abroad and fly to the US.
The scene in El Paso, Texas on Sunday, December 11.
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The program would give immigrants leaving their home country as political refugees protection in the US It would also give immigrants from those countries a path to the US, in addition to illegally crossing the US-to-US border. USA and Mexico.
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The plan being considered would prevent certain migrants from applying for asylum in the United States if they have not sought the same protections in other countries, such as Mexico, before arriving in the US.
Migrants get off a dump truck. (Texas DPS)
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Consideration of the plan comes on the cusp of the expiration of Title 42, which expires on December 21.
Migrants cross the border between the United States and Mexico. (FoxNews)
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A court ordered the Biden administration to stop using authority under Title 42, a public health order that has been used since March 2020 to return migrants to Mexico, after it was found to be illegal.
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The Department of Homeland Security estimates that between 9,000 and 15,000 migrant crossings could occur per day once Title 42 ends on December 21.
In fiscal year 2022, there were a record 2.3 million registered migrant crossings, or 6,500 crossings per day.
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The Biden administration has requested $4 billion in additional border funding, with $2 billion for Customs and Border Protection and $2 billion for Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
