The U.S. government will expand humanitarian passage monthly for as many as 30,000 people from Cuba, Nicaragua, Haiti and Venezuela under a broad measure...
The U.S. government will expand humanitarian passage monthly for as many as 30,000 people from Cuba, Nicaragua, Haiti and Venezuela. That’s under a broad measure designed to grapple with historic migration from the Western Hemisphere, President Joe Biden’s administration announced Thursday.
The measure is similar to an earlier smaller initiative announced in mid-October for Venezuelans, with a key requirement that Venezuelans apply from their homeland. Administration officials emphasized that the result was a decrease in migration from that country.In a press conference Thursday afternoon, Alejandro Mayorkas, U.S. secretary of homeland security, emphasized the challenges of unprecedented and diverse migration.
The El Paso area is now the busiest region for immigration authorities. Administration officials said they would expand resources to border cities and counties, but they gave no funding specifics. Expedited removal comes with stiff legal consequences for repeat attempts, including five-year bans to entry. It can lead to eventual criminal prosecution, as well. Title 42 has none of those harsh penalties.
Vanessa Cárdenas, executive director of immigrant rights group America’s Voice, tempered her praise with criticism too. “[Slamming] the door to more asylum seekers while cracking open a few windows isn’t the answer or an appropriate balance,” she said. The asylum system needs to be fully resourced, she said.
“I believe the president and the administration don’t have a sensible human strategy,” Garcia said. “The only thing they have is a reactive strategy with the remains of Trump’s strategy at the border. We’re in the middle of a humanitarian crisis, and his only solution is expelling and deporting people?”
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