Biden turning to Trump-era rule to expel Venezuelan migrants

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https://apnews.com/article/biden-health-venezuela-donald-trump-mexico-409a67bb33d547bc5438a4d7160576f6

Biden turning to Trump-era rule to expel Venezuelan migrants
By COLLEEN LONG and ZEKE MILLER

Biden last week invoked a Trump-era rule known as Title 42 -- which Biden’s own Justice Department is fighting in court — to deny Venezuelans fleeing their crisis-torn country the chance to request asylum at the border.

The rule, first invoked by Trump in 2020, uses emergency public health authority to allow the United States to keep migrants from seeking asylum at the border, based on the need to help prevent the spread of COVID-19.

Under the new Biden administration policy, Venezuelans who walk or swim across America’s southern border will be expelled and any Venezuelan who illegally enters Mexico or Panama will be ineligible to come to the United States. But as many as 24,000 Venezuelans will be accepted at U.S. airports, similar to how Ukrainians have been admitted since Russia’s invasion in February.

A court order in May that kept Title 42 in place due to a challenge from Republican state officials was greeted with quiet relief by some in the administration, according to officials who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity to discuss internal discussions.

The recent increase in migration from Venezuela, sparked by political, social and economic instability in the country, dashed officials’ hopes that they were finally seeing a lull in the chaos that had defined the border region for the past year.

By August, Venezuelans were the second-largest nationality arriving at the U.S. border after Mexicans. Given that U.S. tensions with Venezuela meant migrants from the country could not be sent back easily, the situation became increasingly difficult to manage.

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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/mexico-warns-venezuelan-migrant-caravans-will-be-turned-away-under-new-us-policy/ar-AA130slY

Mexico warns Venezuelan migrant caravans will be turned away under new US policy
Julia Shapero - Yesterday 7:19 PM

Mexico warned Venezuelan migrants on Saturday that those traveling in caravans will be ineligible for a new U.S. immigration program.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security unveiled a new program on Wednesday that would allow up to 24,000 Venezuelans to secure work authorization in the U.S. via sponsorship.

However, this was coupled with the decision to expand a Trump-era immigration policy, Title 42, to allow the U.S. to expel Venezuelans who cross the border with Mexico. Venezuelans were previously not subject to Title 42 expulsions.

The Mexican government’s National Migration Institute said on Saturday that if Venezuelan migrants want to take advantage of the sponsorship program, they should not travel in caravans or travel irregularly through Mexican territory, as they will be deemed ineligible.

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1. Immigration is a hugely complex issue

This is disappointing.