2024-02-22 12:13:31
He Department of State of EU sanctioned land and sea transportation companies that facilitate the illegal immigration through the collection of extortionate amounts from poor Latin Americans, asylum seekers in the North American territory who are exposed to dangerous crossings daily.
Through a statement, the government of Joe Biden ireported that “a new visa restriction policy will apply” directed at companies that enrich themselves at the expense of humanitarian problems on the border.
The spokesman for the government of the USAMatthew Miller specified that “Washington will limit visas to owners of charter flights and land and sea transportation that provide transportation services intended to be used primarily by people who intend to migrate irregularly.”
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The influx of undocumented people has become the central axis of the debate within the framework of the primary elections 2024 heading to the White House, where the Democratic president seeks re-election and tries to promote what he calls “orderly migration.” While, the main Republican reference, Donald Trump promised “the largest deportation in history” and assured that “they are going to seal the border”.
In January, US authorities obstructed 124,220 times migrants seeking protection on the border with Mexico, that is, half as many as in December 2023. However, “there are too many” as conservatives consider.
Since last May 12, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) expelled “more than 550,000 individuals who were on the border with Mexico, including more than 90,000 family members,” explained the undersecretary of the Department of Homeland Security, Blas Núñez. -Neto in statements to the press.
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How do smugglers or “coyotes” who exploit illegal migrants operate?
The Deputy Undersecretary of State, Eric Jacobstein, in a press conference, stated that “the majority of charter flights from Cuba to Managua are not for tourism, they are people with the intention of migrating irregularly to the USA. So we are evaluating each transportation company.”
Illegal immigration in the United States and the “Safe Mobility Offices” program
The administration of Joe Biden implemented the program “Safe Mobility Offices” jointly with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM), with the aim of speeding up the process and preventing migrants from being forced to pay smugglers to reach the gates of North American territory.
In relation to this, the director of the Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service, Lee Williams, supported the initiative and stated “It is certainly a step in the right direction in terms of providing people with mechanisms to seek asylum safely, in instead of relying on coyotes and undertaking a dangerous journey from wherever they travel to the United States border.”
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