In the weeks leading up to May 11, government officials said they were in a tough spot, following a shift from Trump-era policies that allowed Border Patrol to immediately deport millions of immigrants for public health reasons. I warned you that it was time. President Joe Biden also said on May 10 that the southern border would be “disturbed for a while.”
But the expected surge didn’t happen, and in the early days after Title 42 was lifted, White House officials breathed a collective sigh of relief. DHS used the opportunity on Tuesday to highlight the expected border debacle.
The Department of Homeland Security said some immigrants will apply for asylum if they cross the border illegally or fail to apply for a safe port as they transit through another country en route to their destination. The consequences of that approach are analyzed in detail, including the impact of the administration’s new asylum ban, which prohibitsAmerica
The Biden administration last month also reverted to the Chapter 8 expedited deportation process, which allows the government to deport a person for whom a legal basis cannot be established. Exclusion under Title VIII would result in these immigrants deporting her for five years.
DHS said it sent back 38,400 immigrants, including single adults and families, to more than 80 countries from May 12 to Friday. Of these, the administration has deported more than 14,000 migrants to Mexico from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela. The administration said thousands of other migrants were detained and their asylum applications were being reviewed.
The press release, citing the criteria for applying for asylum, said, “People who are found to have no credible fear have been and will continue to be removed quickly.”
Customs and Border Protection confirmed an average of 3,400 encounters between points of entry per day, well below the nearly 10,000 encounters in the days leading up to the end of Title 42. Fewer than 300 migrants entered the country without an appointment on the CBP One app. There are a total of 3,700 unscheduled encounters each day.
DHS also said the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service has completed 11,500 credible fear interviews in the past few weeks and expects this number to increase as the process continues to expand. An average of 1,070 migrants were presented with reservations at points of entry each day on the CBP One app, which has been plagued by technical glitches. The number is expected to rise further after the government announced it would allow 1,250 bookings per day.
The administration also announced that since May 12, an additional 23,000 immigrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela have arrived in the United States after being screened and sponsored.
The administration has linked its policy solutions to reduced border crossings, but press releases say unprecedented levels of migration in the region will continue and disinformation will be spread among vulnerable migrants. warned of ongoing threats.
DHS also touched on another uncertain element of the border plan: lawsuits from both sides of the political spectrum challenging core aspects of the post-Title 42 plan, such as the humanitarian parole program and the asylum ban. .
The Department of Homeland Security said, “It is clear that administrative action alone cannot solve the region’s persistent immigration challenges, and that neither party can address border implications alone.” “Until, or unless, Congress comes together in a bipartisan way to deal with a broken immigration and asylum system, borders will continue to experience a surge in immigration.”
