A total of 15,000 Cubans arrived in the United States through the month of March through the parole humanitarian initiative launched in January by the Joe Biden government. In the first quarter, “18,000 Haitians, 7,500 Nicaraguans and 32,000 Venezuelans” were also admitted, according to reported at a press conference the acting undersecretary of the Department of Homeland Security, Blas Nuñez-Neto.
To date, more than 55,000 Cubans, Nicaraguans, and Haitians have received authorization to travel to the US under this program, in addition to 40,000 Venezuelans.
The US official recalled that “the processes of parole based on sponsors for Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela that were announced in January will remain in force after May 11″, when the current Title 42 is suspended and the old article 8 is reactivated to deport people in an irregular situation to their countries .
Nuñez-Neto insisted that the US border is not open and that as of May 11 the repatriation of migrants who enter the US illegally will be “accelerated.” Those expelled “will not be able to enter the US country in five years, plus they could be prosecuted.
Among the measures to order legal migration and reduce illegal migration, Nuñez-Neto specified that the appointments available in the CBP One application will be increased.
In the same conference, the deputy undersecretary of State, Marta Youth, from the Office of Population, Refugees and Migration of the Department of State, reiterated the creation of centers to manage migrant applications in Colombia and Guatemala, where applicants will be able to access some Legal avenues for migration, such as obtaining refugee status, family reunification programs, and work permits.
In these centers, existing facilities of the UN Refugee Agency and the International Organization for Migration, the migrants evaluated may benefit from refugee programs and humanitarian permits for families or work in the United States. Spain and Canada have also agreed to receive people who are sent from these facilities.
On Thursday, the Secretary of State, Anthony Blinkenand the Secretary of National Security, Alejandro Mayorkas, announced the extension of the parole for family reunification to nationals of El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala and Colombia.
This Friday, the US Coast Guard returned 82 migrants from the island on the ship paul-clark. Captain Ben Golightly, from District Seven, recalled that Blinken made it known that Cubans and Haitians who are detained at sea after April 27 will not have the right to parole humanitarian and will be returned to their country of origin.
The agency stressed the return by sea or air for Cubans. Deportations resumed this week. of migrants from the Island on a flight from Miami. The number of weekly flights will double or triple for some countries,” according to a statement.
Last Sunday, the US Coast Guard transferred 20 Cubans to the Bahamas on the ship skipjack, who had been rescued on Tuesday. The agency reported that since October of last year, the attempt of 6,449 rafters to reach Florida has been frustrated.
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