First group of migrants arrive under new U.S. sponsorship policy
Illegal border crossings have dropped significantly since the Biden administration announced it would pair increased expulsions with expanded legal migration opportunities.
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Illegal border crossings have dropped significantly since the Biden administration announced it would pair increased expulsions with expanded legal migration opportunities.
Migrants deemed to be vulnerable, such as the elderly and pregnant women, will be allowed to enter the U.S. legally under the new Biden administration process.
The Biden administration has granted Temporary Protected Status to hundreds of thousands of immigrants from crisis-stricken countries, such as Afghanistan and Venezuela.
Customs and Border Protection said its Office of Professional Responsibility was "reviewing the incident."
The Biden administration on Thursday announced a new border strategy that pairs increased expulsions with expanded opportunities for migrants to enter the U.S. legally.
The news comes as the president outlines his strategy along the U.S.-Mexico border.
Under the plan, some migrants from Cuba, Nicaragua and Haiti would be allowed to enter the U.S. legally if they have financial sponsors.
Unlike a Trump administration plan, the proposed rule would not dramatically increase application fees for immigrants seeking to become U.S. citizens.
The dispute over ending the public health law, which gives border authorities the power to swiftly expel some migrants, has gone all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court.
ICE deportations in fiscal year 2022 were the second-lowest tally recorded, but represented a notable increase from 2021.
The Department of Homeland Security issued a bulletin on potential extremist-fueled violence connected to the expected end of Title 42 before the Supreme Court intervened on the policy.
For nearly three years, the Title 42 public health law has allowed the U.S. to quickly expel hundreds of thousands of migrants to Mexico.
For the past two weeks, hundreds of migrants have been forced to sleep on the streets of El Paso because space in the city's shelters and churches has been depleted by a sharp increase in migrant arrivals.
A sharp increase in arrivals of migrants fleeing economic and political instability in Latin America has overwhelmed El Paso's shelter capacity, stranding some migrants on the street.
Title 42, a pandemic-era public health order first invoked by the Trump administration, has allowed U.S. border officials to quickly expel migrants without asylum screenings.