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February 16, 2023

What Do Changes in U.S. Policy Mean for Migrants?

The number of migrants attempting to enter the United States illegally over its border with Mexico declined in January following the implementation of new policies. // File Photo: Guatemalan Government.

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  • In late January, the United States saw a decline in the number of migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela who were attempting to illegally enter the country at its border with Mexico, according to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. The decline followed the implementation of new rules in the United States that sends some migrants to Mexico without the opportunity to seek asylum, while expanding a pathway for a legal presence in the United States for 30,000 migrants per month who have financial sponsors in the country. What are the main effects of the changes in migration policy? What were the Biden administration’s main reasons behind the implementation of the new policies? What other types of migration reforms are likely to come into force, either through administration policy or through acts of Congress?

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Andrew Selee, president of the Migration Policy Institute:“Over the past two years, the number of people and diversity of nationalities arriving at the border has increased rapidly, and the Biden administration appears to be moving to define a new set of policies that will control unauthorized arrivals at the border, revamp the asylum system and expand legal pathways. The first step in this was the announcement of the Title 42 expulsions to Mexico of Venezuelans, Nicaraguans, Cubans and Haitians and, more recently, the revelations that the administration intends to continue these policies through an agreement with the Mexican government even after Title 42 ends. In exchange, the administration has created…”

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