The embassy of USA He published a message on his social networks warning that immigration laws remain “strict” even in the final months of the Biden government.
They announce that there will be no immediate change in the laws that restrict irregular migration, despite the electoral results of last November 5 in which the Republican candidate, donald trumpwon the contest.
The statement from the North American embassy in Nicaragua, published on the social network
The note is an obvious message to dissuade any interest of people from irregularly entering North American territory, motivated by candidate Trump’s promises to completely close the borders once he assumes power in the White House.
The government of Democrat Joe Biden tightened the immigration laws in the face of criticism from Donald Trump (at that time a presidential candidate) and his Republican allies, who accused Biden of allowing the entry of millions of migrants who have arrived en masse since 2023, across the border with Mexico, among them more than seven million Venezuelans and half a million Nicaraguans.
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Trump’s harsh criticism and anti-illegal immigration position were the main focus of the Republican campaign. «Migrants are criminals who ‘kill and eat our pets’, we will carry out mass deportations of these criminals», «(…) Kamala Harris is guilty of allowing the entry of these ‘criminals’ and will continue to do so if they allow her to come to power “Trump said in a rally.
“In addition to trying to deport millions of unauthorized immigrants, many of whom have lived in the United States for decades, Trump seeks to reduce legal immigration,” Doris Meissner, former commissioner of the now-defunct Immigration and Naturalization Service, explains to the media. of the United States, now an expert at the Migration Policy Institute based in Washington DC.
The Biden government, in an attempt to regulate mass migration, applied the humanitarian visa known as Parole, which allowed citizens of Nicaragua, Venezuela, Haiti and Cuba to regularly enter the country by air, for a period of two years. and under the supervision of a United States resident or citizen sponsor.
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He also implemented the application of CBP ONEa virtual measure to request an appointment at border points, which orders and limits the access of illegal migrants to the country. So far, some 800,000 undocumented immigrants have entered the United States through this program.
Although Trump criticized both measures during his election campaign, so far both Biden government programs remain in place. It will be until Trump takes office that it will be determined whether they continue or will be eliminated by the Republicans, who won a majority of seats within the Senate and House of Representatives.
