| President Joe Biden announced that authorities at the southern U.S. border will immediately begin expelling undocumented migrants (WaPo), including asylum seekers, who arrive from Cuba, Haiti, and Nicaragua. The rules are an expansion of Title 42, a pandemic-related border policy that already allows for the expulsions of migrants from most countries. Biden also said that up to thirty thousand migrants from those three countries and Venezuela will be admitted to the United States each month. They will be able to live and work in the country for a two-year parole period but must apply from abroad and have a U.S. sponsor.
Biden said he resorted to the new rules as a result of congressional inaction (NPR) on immigration reform. Rights groups criticized the measures, with the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) saying the expansion of Title 42 “will put more lives in grave danger.” |