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President Biden has just announced plans to address the situation at the Southwest border, which he attributes to a “broken immigration system.”
Immigration reform has been needed for a very long time. A record-breaking number of illegal crossings, the “circumstances,” seem likely to have been caused by what happened during his presidency. 42.
It may also be that ICE immigration arrests in the country in 2021 fell to their lowest level in more than a decade. Trespassers are generally safe once inside the country.
An immigrant family from Brazil walks through a gap in the border wall after crossing from Mexico to Yuma, Arizona, to seek asylum on June 10, 2021.
(AP Photo/Eugene Garcia, File)
An excerpt from his plans factsheet.
I went to the borderHere’s my message to President Biden
Expand Venezuela’s parole program. When the number of illegal immigrants from Venezuela surged, Biden established a special parole program for Venezuelan asylum seekers. He plans to expand the program to include asylum seekers from Cuba, Nicaragua and Haiti. He claims most of these illegal crossers are from these four countries.
Up to 30,000 people are available each month from these countries who pass background checks and have sponsors in the United States willing to provide financial and other assistance.
A border patrol officer at a garrison in McAllen, Texas.
(Veronica G. Cardenas // File photo)
Remaining immigrants from these countries are subject to deportation to Mexico. Mexico has agreed to accept up to 30,000 returnees each month from these countries.
Participants are permitted to enter and remain in the United States for two years with a work permit pending an asylum hearing.
Increase use of expedited removal procedures. Some immigrants who attempt to enter the United States without valid entry documents are deported from the United States without a hearing unless they demonstrate credible evidence that they fear persecution.
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Increase refugee resettlement from the Western Hemisphere. Between fiscal years 2023 and 2024, we will welcome up to 20,000 additional refugees from Latin America and the Caribbean.
Launch the CBP One program online booking portal. Mexican immigrants can use the CBP One mobile application to schedule an appointment to initiate a protection claim. There is no need to go directly to the port of entry to make a reservation. The CBP One program was launched during the Trump administration.
Expedite immigration processing. The Departments of Homeland Security (DHS) and Department of Justice (DOJ) are ramping up asylum officers and immigration officers at borders to review asylum cases more quickly. This is expected to shorten the processing time.
new regulation. DHS and DOJ have proposed rule Individuals who circumvent the path of legal immigration and fail to seek asylum in a country through which they transit en route to the United States are subject to a rebuttable presumption of ineligibility for asylum.
Some of these measures could help reduce illegal entry, such as expanding Trump’s CBP 1 program and increasing use of expedited removal procedures.
But the expanded parole program applies only to U.S.-sponsored immigrants, and Mexico’s agreement to accept the repatriation of 30,000 illegal travelers from those countries falls short. In 2022, she had 2,214,652 cases of illegal travel.
Additional measures are required, such as:
End the practice of releasing most trespassers arrested by Border Patrol.
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End the last-in, first-out practice of adjudicating asylum applications for newly arriving family members before adjudicating applications for family members who are already here, such as the Dedicated Docket program.
“Recently arrived families shouldn’t be burdened with years of backlog,” said DHS Director Alejandro Mayorcas. But those struggling with years of backlogs already deserve compassion. The average waiting time for hearings is 775 days, and it’s almost certain to increase even more once Title 42 ends.
And increase the number of refugees, not only in the Western Hemisphere, but around the world, and send asylum seekers currently deported under Title 42 to refugee centers near their home countries so that they can be returned to the United States as refugees if they meet the requirements. increase. Status. Republicans may be willing to fund such programs.
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Immigrants have the statutory right to apply for asylum, but the president is not required to grant entry. The Supreme Court has ruled that the president has the authority to suspend entry of foreign nationals on the sole premise that he considers the entry of foreign nationals “prejudicial to the interests of the United States.”
Without effective action, the government will be unable to deal with the tsunami of illegal crossings that will occur when Title 42 ends.
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