The United States government announced Thursday that it will immediately begin turning away migrants from Cuba, Haiti and Nicaragua who attempt to enter the border irregularly, and that it will expand a “humanitarian parole” program for nationals of those countries that is currently applied to Venezuelans.
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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) reported in a statement that the new measure “combines safe, orderly and legal routes to the US, including authorization to work; with significant consequences for those who do not use these roads” .
Biden Administration Officials they had already advanced details on the new measure, which will grant 30,000 visas a month to nationals of these four countries, with the aim of alleviating the complex situation on the southern border of the country, overwhelmed by record numbers of immigrant arrivals.
“These measures, taken together, are concrete steps to improve the security of our border while the Title 42 public health order is in effect,” DHS said.
The text also assured that the US authorities continue to prepare for the end of this measure, launched during the government of former President Donald Trump during the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic.
DHS reported that it “is establishing new parole processes for Cubans, Haitians, and Nicaraguans, modeled on successful processes for Venezuelans and Ukrainians, that combine safe, orderly, and legal pathways to the United States, including authorization to work, with significant consequences. for those who stop using those roads”.
In its statement, DHS assured that it “is increasing and improving the use of expedited removal under Title 8 authorities for those who cannot be prosecuted under the Title 42 public health order.”
To do this, DHS reported, they plan to “increase staff and resources and the registration of people under the provisional final rule for asylum processing published in March 2022.”
The intent is “to encourage use of new and existing legal processes available in the United States and partner countries, and to set certain conditions on asylum eligibility for those who do not,” DHS said.
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