Last week, far more immigrants who had been deported or returned to the United States were accepted. about this mentioned The Washington Post is an American daily newspaper. Meanwhile, the Biden administration is trying to encourage immigrants not to pay smugglers to enter the country. This costs a lot of money and therefore the journey is dangerous, so the White House wants to make sure that immigrants register their applications via the phone app.
These measures are also necessary because, according to some opinions, unprecedented immigration pressures are burdening the southern border of the United States.
The continued arrival of illegal immigrants is also testing the authorities’ endurance. According to the article published in the American newspaper, they have tried to mitigate this along the border by releasing thousands of immigrants from crowded prison cells and tent camps until the court decides on their immigration applications.
The overcrowding became even more pressing last week, when a record number of migrants reached the USA border. They wanted to enter the US even before the previous rules expired. Although they enabled the rapid deportation of illegal border crossers to Mexico, they did not impose legal penalties on repeat offenders. Since the end of this measure, approximately 21,000 immigrants have been released by US Border Patrol on the condition that they appear in US immigration court at some point in the future.
Homeland Security spokeswoman Marsha Espinosa said many of the immigrants released include those who arrived before the new asylum restrictions took effect on May 12. Previously, an immigration rule known as Title 42 was in force, which was introduced by former President Donald Trump in 2020. This decree, citing the epidemiological situation, allowed the authorities to limit immigration at the borders of the United States. With the help of this, the authorities were able to quickly expel the Mexicans from the country.
According to the latest Department of Homeland Security data, US authorities arrested an average of 4,000 immigrants per day at the border in the past week, 60 percent fewer than in the days before Title 42 expired on May 11. According to the latest data from The Washington Post, the number of immigrants in Border Patrol posts and camps has dropped from about 30,000 a week ago to less than 10,000 on Friday.
“We are encouraged by this progress, but it is too early to draw definitive conclusions or predict trends,” DHS officials said in a statement.
The Washington Post reports that nearly 28,000 immigrants have arrived in the United States in the past week. However, Biden administration officials have not responded to how many have been released.
According to experts, it would be too early to judge whether the new rules put in place by the government are working. Right now, everyone, migrants and smugglers alike, is trying to figure out how to respond to new challenges. Migrant smuggling networks will likely temporarily hold people back as they watch how the Biden administration handles the border. Experts told the newspaper that if federal officials detain and deport most immigrants, it could deter others from crossing, but releasing immigrants to the United States pending trial could encourage others to follow through.
Meanwhile, Joe Biden and the US leadership have come under fire from Republican politicians as they are releasing immigrants en masse in the US.
Cover photo: Migrants trying to enter the US wait on the Mexican side (Photo: MTI/AP/Andres Leighton)
