Border. Author: The newspaper “New York Times
WASHINGTON, May 10 – President Joseph Biden on Tuesday predicted that the US-Mexico border would be “chaotic” for some time after pandemic restrictions were lifted, as about 550 troops began to arrive. the possibility of transferring or not to the United States.
The restrictions have been in place since 2020 and have allowed US federal authorities to quickly remove migrants at the border, and the measure ends this week, with the United States implementing a series of new measures that will reduce illegal crossings. y Offering migrants a legal path to the United States if they register through a government app, find a sponsor, and pass a background check.
Biden and Mexican President Andres Manuel López Obrador spoke on the phone for nearly an hour Tuesday to discuss the border. Since Mexico shares approximately 3,140 kilometers with the United States, this is a key element to the success of any United States plan to control immigration on its southern border.
Migrants have already begun to arrive. About 100 people – most from Colombia – crossed the border before dawn on Tuesday, walking nearly two hours through the remote mountains east of San Diego to reach a sand mountain where they were guarded by border patrol agents.
Border Patrol agents in California’s relatively quiet El Centro sector detained about 260 migrants a day during the four- or five-day period ending Sunday, according to Gregory Bovino, head of the sector, compared with 90 detentions a day the previous week. . On Monday, agents found migrants from 22 countries.
In the border town of Reynosa, Mexico, which borders McAllen, Texas, groups handed out pamphlets explaining in English and Haitian Creole how to register on the CBP One app, which the United States uses to allow migrants to make an appointment to try to enter US territory. , according to AP.
US and international law give migrants the right to apply for asylum. But the United States used Section 42 of the Public Health Act to remove 2.8 million migrants from March 2020 without being able to claim asylum on grounds of preventing the spread of COVID-19.
The Biden administration has said it is ready to deal with whatever comes after Section 42 restrictions are lifted, though it has also repeatedly criticized Congress for not making changes to the country’s immigration system.
By the end of the month, more than 900 soldiers, Marines and Air Force personnel will arrive at the southern border of the United States.
Approximately 2,500 National Guard troops are already deployed throughout the border, providing a range of CBP support services such as surveillance, detection and airlift. Separately, on the border, under the auspices of the state, employees of the Texas National Guard work.
Texas deployed a special border force Monday to target “hotspots” through which immigrants are trying to enter the United States illegally after sweeping COVID-19 restrictions on the border with Mexico ended this week, Gov. Greg Abbott said.
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