Here’s how the Biden administration has prepared for an expected migrant influx.

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Tough new asylum rules and alternative pathways to apply from home are designed to discourage large numbers of migrants from traveling to the border.


By Miriam Jordan and Eileen Sullivan
May 11, 2023
The lifting of Title 42 removes a key tool that the federal government has used for more than three years to reduce the number of migrants crossing into the United States. All told, about half of all migrants encountered at the border since March 2020 have been expelled under the measure in a matter of minutes.

That policy will no longer be available as of Friday morning, when it is rescinded along with the national Covid-19 health emergency. But the Biden administration has built an arsenal of strategies over the past few months to help avoid a chaotic situation on the border.

They amount to a carrot-and-stick approach.

The carrot is to create legal pathways for migrants to come to the United States that discourage them from simply showing up at the border, and instead encourage them to apply from their home countries.

The stick is the adoption of stricter asylum rules that make it harder to get protection in the United States for those who have crossed the border unlawfully.

Taken together, the measures could mean that the lifting of Title 42 could result in less of an increase in migration than once anticipated — or the influx could be arriving early. Border crossings have already risen sharply, as many migrants attempt to cross before the measure expires on Thursday night. Some have said they worry about tighter controls and uncertainty ahead.

Here is a look at some of the new measures:

Humanitarian parole: People from Venezuela, Haiti, Cuba and Nicaragua can apply for this. They need a friend or relative to take financial responsibility for them and, if approved, can fly to the United States directly. Up to 360,000 people will be allowed to come under the program this year, and 100,000 have arrived so far.

Regional centers: The administration recently announced that it would set up centers across Latin America for asylum seekers to be screened for refugee status or other lawful ways to enter the United States. All told, some 100 regional centers will be set up, starting in Colombia and Guatemala.

Mobile app: The administration early this year introduced a mobile app, CBP One, that allows migrants near the Mexican border or in Mexico City to book an interview at an official port of entry. The goal was to bring order to migrant processing, and about 80,000 people have managed to get an appointment. But limited slots, relative to the huge demand, coupled with technical glitches have frustrated attempts by many migrants, who have been trying for months to secure an appointment.

Digital ads: The administration has launched a digital advertising campaign in Latin America and the Caribbean to combat misinformation spread by smuggling networks, such as that entry into the United States is guaranteed after Title 42 is lifted. The campaign will warn would-be migrants of the perils of making the trek to the southern border and of the consequences for unlawfully entering the United States.

More resources: The United States is sending 1,500 troops to the border and adding employees to do the time-consuming work of processing migrants at border-holding facilities. It is also increasing the number of deportation flights to take people back to their home countries.

New asylum rule: Under the old system, which critics called “catch and release,” many migrants who reached the United States would ask for asylum and be allowed to remain in the country until their case was resolved in immigration court.

The Biden administration’s new rule presumes that those who do not use lawful pathways to enter the United States are ineligible for asylum when they show up at the border. Migrants at the border can rebut this presumption only if they sought asylum or protection in another country through which they traveled en route to the United States and were denied safe haven there, or if they can demonstrate exceptional circumstances, such as a medical emergency.

They may have a phone interview from a border holding facility with an asylum officer, and can be quickly deported if they are found ineligible to apply. Unlike under Title 42, they will receive a permanent mark on their record that bans them from entering the United States for five years, and could face criminal charges.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/11/us/b ... rants.html

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But here comes the White Nationalist GOP's Wehrmacht cavalry despite Biden's plan working so far:

https://www.axios.com/2023/06/02/2024-g ... mmigration

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But here comes the White Nationalist GOP's Wehrmacht cavalry despite Biden's plan working so far:

https://www.axios.com/2023/06/02/2024-g ... mmigration

Yep! So what else is new with them?