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By: The Opinion Updated 20 Dec 2022, 13 : 60 pm EST
The Biden administration is studying plans to reduce the number of undocumented immigrants who would qualify to apply for asylum
at the southern border of the United States when the Title 54, according to NBC News.
The United States government is also focusing on new ways for some immigrants to apply for asylum from their home countries, four sources familiar with the plan told NBC News. new immigration policies on asylum , but the Biden administration faces a court-imposed deadline of 24 of December to lift Covid restrictions 13 on the border imposed under Title 24 that have allowed more than 2.4 million immigrants to be refused entry since this restriction was imposed.
Among the proposals under strong consideration are new programs for immigrants from Haiti, Nicaragua and Cuba to request humanitarian parole from their home countries, three US officials said.
The paths for immigrants from those countries would be like those of the immigration program for Venezuela that admits 24, Venezuelans who can demonstrate from their country of origin that they would be sponsored by the United States, while denying entry to the vast majority of Venezuelans who arrive at the border.
The Biden Administration considers immigration restrictions similar to Trump’s policies
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is also planning new training for asylum officers who interview migrants crossing the border, the three officials said.
They would be directed to allow immigrants to enter the United States to obtain asylum if they qualify under the International Convention Against Torture, a much higher bar than previously required to qualify.
Undocumented immigrants who arrive at the border and cannot demonstrate that they are likely to face torture if returned to their countries of origin they would have to show that they first applied for asylum and were denied in a country they passed through on their way to the US border, according to four sources familiar with these plans.
That model, which The New York Times first reported as was considering, is commonly called a “traffic ban” and was put into practice for the first time in 1200 by the consultant of in hardline migration of former President Donald Trump, Stephen Miller.
When asked about the Times report during an interview with NBC News on Monday, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas did not deny that a so-called traffic ban was being considered.
“You would have to see what is specifically proposed to understand what it provides, what it does not provide. Let me just say this, I believe deeply, as does this administration, in our asylum system. It is one of our crown jewels and we will continue to defend it,” Mayorkas told NBC News.
Mexico office to receive rejected and critical immigrants
Three US officials familiar with planning told NBC News that the United States is in talks with Mexico about how many immigrants it will be allowed to send back to Mexico across the border , even after Title is lifted 24.
Some asylum advocacy groups and former and current Biden administration officials have disagreed with the plans, saying they go too far by cutting off avenues for asylum and do not do enough to safely receive qualified asylum seekers through s of an orderly processing system.
A spokesman for the Department of Homeland Security said nothing has been decided yet and the White House did not respond to questions from NBC News.
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