The Biden administration reaffirmed on Sunday that it was ready to manage a massive influx of migrants, despite the “extraordinary pressure” on the Mexican border after the removal of restrictions due to the pandemic, which is controversial to Republicans and worries the Democrats.
On CNN, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas reiterated on Sunday that his services are ready to handle the new influx of migrants expected after the end, on May 23, of Title 42a device linked to COVID-19 that for two years enabled the immediate expulsion of migrants arrested at the border.
He also gave a clear message to candidates for illegal immigration: don’t go with me.
7800 without papers per day
Without even removing the restrictions, U.S. border police caught an average of 7,800 undocumented migrants per day over the past three weeks, nearly five times higher than the average of 1,600 migrants recorded between 2014 and 2019, before the pandemic. .
Asked about the Department of Homeland Security’s projections that these arrivals could reach 18,000 a day after the restrictions are removed, the secretary gave them an insight: we are not planning 18,000, but we are preparing for different situations.
There is no doubt that if, in fact, we reach this number, our system will be under extraordinary pressure. But we are preparing for itHe added.
A few months before the midterm elections in November, Republicans attacked the Biden administration for removing these extraordinary restrictions, but some elected Democrats from the border states also expressed their reservations about the decisions. of the White House.
Since the establishment of Title 42 in March 2020, authorities deported migrants more than 1.7 million times.
The Biden administration’s desire to remove this measure also threatened the decision, which fell on Monday, by a Louisiana judge, who agreed with Republican-led states requesting a block on this measure. A hearing is scheduled for May 13 to determine if the government can implement this waiver.
Guest also on set FoxNewsAlejandro Mayorkas reiterated that the system is sira.
That is why we are calling for legislation to fix what everyone agrees on called a broken immigration system and why we are rebuilding an immigration system that has been dismantled.He added.
Source: Radio-Canada
