MIAMI, United States. – Former President and current Republican candidate for the presidency of the United States, Donald Trumpannounced that if he is elected president again, he will eliminate the program words humanitarian established by the Biden administration in January 2023, as well as the possibility of entering the country through the application CBP One.
During a telephone interview Speaking to Fox News journalist Bill Melugin, Trump was clear in his message to immigrants who have arrived under these two programs: “Get ready to leave,” he said.
Trump also harshly criticized Joe Biden’s immigration policy: he said that “the border is full of illegal immigrants, people who should not be in our country.” He also insisted that, if he is elected president, swift and firm measures will be taken to expel those who entered under this program, especially if they have criminal records: “Get ready to leave, especially quickly if you are a criminal…”
According to official data, more than 813,000 immigrants have arrived in the United States through the CBP One application, which facilitates appointments at the border. Meanwhile, the most recent report from the Customs and Border Control Office (CBP) indicates that until August, more than 813,000 immigrants have entered the United States under the CBP One application. words humanitarian aid more than 110,000 Cubans, 210,000 Haitians, almost 93,000 Nicaraguans and almost 117,000 Venezuelans.
In late August, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that Advance Travel Authorizations (ATA) were being reinstated for beneficiaries of the words humanitarianfollowing the temporary suspension of the program due to significant levels of fraud.
Upon resumption, authorities established that, to participate, eligible beneficiaries must have a sponsor in the United States, undergo a “rigorous security check and pass it,” in addition to meeting other eligibility criteria and “ensuring a favorable exercise of discretion.”
It also introduces increased scrutiny of sponsors’ financial records and criminal histories, an investigation to uncover profiles of fraudulent sponsors, and more rigorous review mechanisms to detect trends in serial applications.
