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brooklynite

(94,944 posts)
Wed Dec 14, 2022, 08:57 AM Dec 2022

Biden braces for potentially 14,000 migrants a day

Axios

The possibility of 14,000 migrant crossings a day is pushing the Biden administration toward a new rule that would severely limit migrants' ability to qualify for asylum at the southern border, Axios has learned.

Why it matters: Officials are concerned that Border Patrol stations will face acute overcrowding and Department of Homeland Security resources will be overwhelmed when the pandemic-era Title 42 policy ends on Dec. 21, according to sources familiar with the plans.

Driving the news: Title 42, implemented during the Trump administration and extended by President Biden, allows for the rapid expulsion of migrants and asylum seekers at the border. It's scheduled to be lifted in less than two weeks, barring last-minute court intervention.

Encounters with migrants at the southern border are already at record levels, with the daily tally surpassing 9,000 three times in the first week and a half of December, the sources told Axios.

Officials now are preparing for the possibility of between 12,000 to 14,000 migrants attempting to cross every day.
Behind the scenes: A draft rule that would impose an asylum ban for roughly five months — initially — has been circulated internally.

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Biden braces for potentially 14,000 migrants a day (Original Post) brooklynite Dec 2022 OP
Ship them to the Governor's Mansion, Texas /nt bucolic_frolic Dec 2022 #1
The Florida Governor's Mansion (except I live in Florida) patricia92243 Dec 2022 #2
To Mar A-Lago. Florida Man authored this crap. A lot of these are Cubans who are ... marble falls Dec 2022 #3
HAd a friend Johnny2X2X Dec 2022 #4
But Abbott said he would fix it during his campaign Beachnutt Dec 2022 #5

marble falls

(57,472 posts)
3. To Mar A-Lago. Florida Man authored this crap. A lot of these are Cubans who are ...
Wed Dec 14, 2022, 09:11 AM
Dec 2022

... coming here through Mexico because of the Orange Shitgibbon's repressive Cuba policies. Because of his pompous attitude about Mexico and the Mexican people.

But I am cool with them being settled on the grounds of the Governor's Mansion and the State House.

Johnny2X2X

(19,254 posts)
4. HAd a friend
Wed Dec 14, 2022, 09:29 AM
Dec 2022

He was lamenting, "John, they're arresting a record number of people at the border right now, security is crap!"

My response, "Wait, doesn't the fact we're catching a record number of people mean that security is good? I'd be more concerned if they were catching anyone."

Beachnutt

(7,358 posts)
5. But Abbott said he would fix it during his campaign
Wed Dec 14, 2022, 09:35 AM
Dec 2022

he has had over 8 years to fix it.
Well Abbott what now ?

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