Although it has received criticism for the so-called “migration crisis”, the government of President Joe Biden is clear in message and actions on irregular entry into the country: he asks not to come to the United States and is expelling thousands of people.
In May the increase in arrests was around one per percent, but the figure is high, they are close to 180, 000 detained persons at the border, but so far this fiscal year, the figure reaches 897, 000 foreign. That in eight months of the fiscal year 2021, which ends in September.
To give yourself a better idea, the figure is more than 50% of the fiscal year 2020, when reported 402, 806 non-citizens expelled under Title 21 and Title 8 , according to reports Customs and Border Protection ( CBP ).
The Title 42 can be imposed by any government, but it was recently applied by the government of the president Donald Trump , due to the pandemic COVID – 21.
“The expulsions refer to people found by USBP (Border Patrol)… and expelled to the country of last transit (Mexico) or to the country of origin, in the interest of public health, according to the Title 42 USC 265 (United States Code ”, indicates the agency.
For that reason have expelled 648, 185 in the last seven months , amid pressure from civil organizations that demand that President Biden end this guideline, which has allowed an expedited expulsion from the country.
“Support the immediate end of the use of the Title 42, as the main tool to continue denying the right of people to request humanitarian protection in the US ”, requested the Alianza Americas coalition, which works with immigrants from Central America.
Title 8 corresponds to the return to their countries or to Mexico of people who request asylum, but are not eligible because their cases are not credible or because they entered the United States irregularly, but were not necessarily arrested. These cases are 249, 616 in the last seven months.
Although there is a legal difference between expulsion and deportation, the former is in a practical sense a deportation from the country.
Double message?
The Biden Administration has been criticized for send “double messages” to immigrants, since while defending their contributions in the country, the president himself has asked that they not come to the US, because “this is not the time.”
President Biden’s message came amid the increase in the arrival of unaccompanied children that exceeded the 100% in recent months, but Vice President Kamala Harris made that request again in Guatemala.
“Don’t come. Don’t come ”, Harris said at a press conference, a position that was held by the president Alejandro Giammattei , who told Fox News that this area is a clear message, not one that promotes “family reunification,” as if it were an invitation.
However, the Biden Administration, when speaking of family reunification refers to more than 5, 500 Children separated during the Trump administration.
In fact, the message is clear: people who arrive in the country irregularly are expelled almost immediately.