Migrants arrive at US airports
Since 20 GOP-led states filed a lawsuit Tuesday against President Biden’s new immigration plan, immigrants are now rushing to fly to the United States.
miami- Since 20 GOP-led states filed a lawsuit Tuesday against President Biden’s new immigration plan, immigrants are now rushing to fly to the United States.
Hundreds of immigrants flew into Miami International Airport Thursday and Friday from Cuba, Nicaragua, Venezuela and Haiti, all arriving in the United States legally under the parole program. Under the new immigration plan, the US will allow the entry of 30,000 immigrants from four countries each month.
Migrant families are now arriving in the United States earlier than expected after the lawsuit, fearing the program would end.
“My family particularly thought that if we couldn’t fly earlier, she wouldn’t have the chance. We made the decision to do it very quickly because we really only have one chance to do it and if we don’t, don’t do it now that we could never bring her back,” he said. Yazmín Reyes.
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Migrant families come to the United States through Biden’s parole program.
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Reyes and his family rushed “Abuela” to the United States from Cuba. Yazmin’s grandmother, Doral, applied for the parole program from her cell phone. The approval process took six days in total.
“My grandmother… we really need her and we wanted to take the opportunity to bring her here so she could have a better life,” Reyes said. “Because in Cuba it is not the best place to live and it is very difficult to get a job or find food.”
The Venezuelan migrants also met their family at Miami International Airport, greeted with celebratory balloons and “Welcome to the United States” signs.
Hundreds of migrants wait to join their families at the Miami International Airport.
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The lawsuit, filed by Texas and America First Legal in the Southern District of Texas, is joined by 19 additional states seeking to block the Biden administration’s parole program.
The lawsuit states that the plan “amounts to creating a new visa program that allows hundreds of thousands of aliens to enter the United States who otherwise would have no basis to do so.”
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The Texas attorney general doubled down on the humanitarian parole program in a statement to Fox News Digital.
“Every state in America, especially border states like Texas, are being crushed by the impacts of illegal immigration,” Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said. “Biden’s open borders agenda has created a humanitarian crisis that is increasing crime and violence on our streets, overwhelming local communities, and worsening the opioid crisis. This illegal amnesty program, which will invite hundreds of thousands of aliens into the United States every year, will only make this immigration crisis dramatically worse.”
Migrants head to the US border on October 27, 2021.
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The Biden administration initially announced the program for Venezuelans in October, which allowed a limited number to fly directly to the US as long as they had not entered illegally and already had a US sponsor.
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Earlier this month, President Joe Biden announced that the program would be expanded to include Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Cubans and that the program would allow up to 30,000 a month to enter the U.S. It allows migrants to receive work permits and a two-year authorization to live in the United States
Texas filed the lawsuit shortly after the Biden Administration expanded the program. According to court records, the lawsuit was assigned to US District Court Judge Drew Tipton. Tipton is a Trump appointee who has already blocked several immigration policies of the Biden administration.
“It is my understanding that the judge involved in this matter was selected by former President Donald Trump, and I believe they are looking for a judge who will lean to one side,” said immigration attorney Eduardo Soto. “This is done by both sides.”
Soto says that the uncertainty of the program makes many migrants nervous.
“People are very nervous. People are moving their flights forward. In fact, I have instructed my clients whom I represent on the show to act quickly on their case. You never know when it might be suspended, and it could happen in at any time,” Soto said.
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On April 25, Judge Tipton must determine whether to temporarily halt the show until there is a final decision on the lawsuit.
