Facing pressure over border crossings, Biden steps up migrant expulsions

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https://www.reuters.com/world/us/biden-lay-out-new-cuba-nicaragua-haiti-migrant-policy-border-speech-2023-01-05/

WASHINGTON, Jan 5 (Reuters) - The United States will expand Trump-era restrictions to rapidly expel Cuban, Nicaraguan and Haitian migrants caught illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border, President Joe Biden said on Thursday in his first major speech on border security.

At the same time, the United States will allow up to 30,000 people from those three countries plus Venezuela to enter the country by air each month, Biden said.

The two-pronged approach is designed to blunt criticism from Republicans who have attacked Biden as record numbers of migrants cross the U.S.-Mexico border while also placating Democrats and immigration advocates who say "Title 42" restrictions adopted under former President Donald Trump block migrants from exercising their right to apply for asylum.

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The Biden administration intends to propose a regulation that would restrict asylum access at the border if migrants do not follow the new processes or if they pass through another country en route to the United States without seeking protection there, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said at a news conference.

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1. Applying for asylum through an app and then proving you have enough to get a plane ticket

and that you can get a background check and a sponsor for asylum is...not how asylum is supposed to work.

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

4. tough situation. Even Gavin Newsom is saying the flood of migrants is too much

not sure what to think on this one.

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2. Afternoon kick.

[Sympthsical]

3. Immigration is one of those things situationally cared about

Check to see who's in White House. Care accordingly.

It's like El Paso. No one cares about El Paso or the situation of immigrants living on the streets there, but move some immigrants around a little in a Republican stunt, and suddenly everyone's an expert in social services logistics.

It's kind of sad how human life is measured by political usefulness. It's inevitable, but it's never more stark than when you look at immigrants.

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6. Most political issues are tbh.

[Mr.Bill]

5. Every Democratic elected official

needs to say LOUDLY every day that the reason so many people are coming to our border is that every day republicans announce to the world that our president has an open border policy.

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7. Which is a little different than the discussion about asylum, but OK