The Secretary of Homeland Security of the United States, Alejandro Mayorkas, affirmed this Monday that the humanitarian program for Cubans, Venezuelans, Haitians and Nicaraguans applied since the beginning of January has reduced 90% irregular arrival of these migrants to the country.
In an act held at the Little Haiti Cultural Center in Miami, Mayorkas, born in Havana in 1959, defended that one must come to the United States “legally and without taking risks,” alluding without specifying the numerous Cubans and Haitians that go to sea in rudimentary boats heading for the American coasts.
Mayorkas’s visit to this city aims to explain the immigration policy of the US President Joe Biden’s government and the recently approved permit o parole humanitarian for Cubans, Haitians and Nicaraguanswhich expanded the one that had already existed since October for Venezuelans.
That program, challenged in court for twenty red statesallows up to 30,000 of these migrants to enter the country each month since January 6, who must meet certain requirements such as having a “sponsor” to support them financially and cover your health expenses. The permit is for two years and allows them to work.
“Those who decide to come to the US illegally should know that we will use all the instruments of the law to expel them”
Those who enter illegally face deportation under this humanitarian programme, which takes into account the difficult political and economic situation in the four countries.
“Those who decide to come to the US illegally should know that we will use all the instruments of the law to expel them,” he stressed at the Little Haiti Cultural Center.
Until last Friday, as published by CNN Sourced from a Homeland Security officialmore than 4,700 Cubans had been authorized to travel through the new parole, along with 2,000 Haitians and 800 Nicaraguans. As for Venezuelans, for whom the program was established in October, there are 26,000 approved.
Since January 6, when the program went into effect, more than 1,700 people have come to the United States under this process from Cuba, Nicaragua and Haiti.
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