MIAMI, United States. – The Secretary of Homeland Security of the United States, Alejandro Mayorkas, asked this Thursday that migrants from the region not throw themselves into the sea or put their lives in the hands of smugglers, shortly after the United States Government announce a new immigration program for Cubans, Haitians and Nicaraguans.
In an interview with the voice of americathe US official said that the measures approved by the Biden administration.
“Whether it’s today or tomorrow, but right away, we’re going to start making this program accessible. It is extraordinarily important that we provide a safe, humane and orderly way for people to get to the United States without having to put their lives and life savings in the hands of smugglers, because it is too traumatic,” Mayorkas said.
Questioned about the relevance of the program, he said that it has already been applied to Venezuelans and “has proven to be very successful.”
“We have provided tremendous humanitarian aid to thousands of Venezuelans, saving them from smuggling organizations that could have led to their death or other trauma. Importantly, we are committed to providing humanitarian aid in accordance with our traditions. At the same time, we cannot sit idly by and allow smuggling organizations to exploit vulnerable people from Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua and Haiti,” he said.
“We have seen tremendous tragedies on migration routes, whether by sea or by land. We have seen people die at sea. We have seen people perish on the ground on the perilous journey north. Don’t put your life in the hands of smugglers who don’t care about your welfare but your money. We are building legal roads, orderly and safe ways to get to the United States, ”he insisted.
With regard to the rafters – especially Cubans and Haitians – who are arriving on the Florida coast, Mayorkas assured that the United States will keep its Coast Guard deployed to intercept “the people who make this dangerous journey,” who will be returned to Cuba. or to the corresponding country.
In this sense, he stressed that it would be “a serious mistake” for people to jump into the sea after the announcement on Thursday. “They won’t succeed,” he said. “We will exercise our legal authorities. People who take these irregular paths (…) not only risk their life but risk it only to fail ”, he added.
“What we are doing – he insisted – is providing legal pathways, but we are also generating consequences for people who do not use those pathways that we have made available to them, so they will be expelled under Title 42 or returned under our Title 8”, concluded.
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