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US partners with Mexico to ease Venezuelan migration
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW:
- The U.S. and Mexico announced Wednesday a joint plan to reduce the number of Venezuelans arriving at their border.
- Venezuelan migrants who cross the southern border illegally would be expelled to Mexico.
- In return, the U.S. will allow up to 24,000 qualifying Venezuelans to enter the country lawfully.
The United States and Mexico announced joint actions on Wednesday aimed at reducing the number of Venezuelan migrants arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border.
“Effective immediately, Venezuelans who enter the United States between ports of entry, without authorization, will be returned to Mexico,” U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas said in a statement.
“Our comprehensive effort to reduce the irregular migration of Venezuelans also includes a new process to lawfully and safely bring up to 24,000 qualifying Venezuelans into the United States,” the statement added.
U.S. authorities will start managing access of 24,000 Venezuelan migrants starting Oct. 12, the statement said.
“These actions make clear that there is a lawful and orderly way for Venezuelans to enter the United States, and lawful entry is the only way,” Mayorkas added.
The announcement comes less than a month before the Nov. 8 elections. This is the Biden administration’s latest move to curb illegal immigration at the southern border that threatens to deprive the Democratic party’s control of Congress.
Since taking office, President Joe Biden has struggled to cope with the influx of migrants at the U.S. southwest border as humanitarian, political, and economic crises rocked Venezuela under the leadership of President Nicolas Maduro.
The Republican Party, seeking to gain control of Congress in the midterm elections, has repeatedly criticized how Biden failed to manage to secure the border.
The U.S.-Mexico deal is based on the “Uniting for Ukraine” program, where Ukrainians could enter the U.S. by securing a sponsor and applying from outside the country.
DHS officials did not provide a timeframe for the admissions of Venezuelans nor explain how they determined the number of 24,000. Meanwhile, Mexico has not specified the number of Venezuelan nationals that it would “temporarily” allow to enter the country through the U.S. border.
According to U.S. government data, more than 150,000 Venezuelan nationals were apprehended at the U.S.-Mexico border between October 2021 and August 2022 compared to around 48,000 Venezuelans picked up at the border in the 2021 fiscal year.
Mexican officials said the U.S. will provide an additional 65,000 temporary visas, with 20,000 of those will be allocated to Central Americans and Haitians, to migrants for non-agricultural jobs.
Source: Reuters
Bill Evans
October 13, 2022 at 6:39 pm
ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION IS ILLEGAL!
stop it now!
L Hanson
October 13, 2022 at 7:04 pm
Ues
Ruth
October 13, 2022 at 6:54 pm
Perhaps our government should consider giving any US citizen who wants to go to another country the same dollar amount expenditures spent on healthcare, housing, policing, and transporting each illegal around the country! There would probably be a substantial amount of working-class Americans who would take the offer & leave pronto. The future is beginning to look brighter in other countries as here!
Ell Jay
October 13, 2022 at 7:01 pm
Not good enough!
Robert Pahus
October 13, 2022 at 7:14 pm
Ahhh. So a few thousand Venezuelans are the immigration problem? This is beginning to look like a Kamala solution just in time to take some sting out of the mid-terms. What about those from other countries and all the border jumpers? I look at a huge burden for the US, and I bet the Democrats just see votes walking their way.
Christina
October 13, 2022 at 9:04 pm
Absolutely right.
Leftshot
October 13, 2022 at 7:33 pm
“These actions make clear that there is a lawful and orderly way for Venezuelans to enter the United States, and lawful entry is the only way,” Mayorkas added.
What a liar! The only legal way is applying in advance and then coming AFTER you’ve been approved, which none of these people have done, or being an asylum seeker from an adjacent country, which Venezuelans obviously are not.
Mimi
October 13, 2022 at 9:33 pm
WHAT A TRY AT COVERING UP THE GARBAGE THEY ARE TRYING TO FEED US BECAUSE OF THE VOTING PROCESS IN A FEW WEEKS. WHY JUST VENEZUELIANS, WHAT ABOUT THE 2 MILLIONS OF OTHERS THAT ESCAPED AND CAME IN ILLEGALLY????
HOW MUCH MORE CAN OUR GREAT PRESIDENT COME UP WITH. SPENDS OUR MONEY LIKE GARBAGE. WE NEED ALL THE HELP WE CAN GET OR OUR FREE COUNTRY, WON’T BE FREE MUCH LONGER. OPEN YOUR EYES NOW.
bsquared
October 13, 2022 at 10:09 pm
Mimi Thank you for that excellent comment.