The US has agreed to allow 24.000 migrants from Venezuela to stay legally for up to two years

The proposed program is similar to the one implemented for Ukrainians after the Russian invasion. Under the program, a maximum of 24,000 migrants of Venezuela can enter the U.S. and stay legally for up to two years. It will be necessary for each of them to have a sponsor in the U.S. who will guarantee financial support for the person. After approval of their applications, they would take the air route to the US. However, those who cross the Mexican border without authorization will not be eligible. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro N. Mayorkas said, “Those who follow the lawful process will have the opportunity to travel safely to the United States and become eligible to work here.” The administration believes this to be a way to reduce the rising numbers of migrants crossing the border without authorization. U.S. to allow some Venezuelan migrants to enter. Others will be sent to Mexico. In the last fiscal year ending in September, U.S. Customs and Border Protection recorded more than 2 million encounters with migrants at the border — a record high.

In recent months, there has been an increase in the number of border crossers from Venezuela, Cuba and Nicaragua. Border agents have processed many of the cases and released them to pursue their asylum claims within the U.S. Migrants from Cuba and Venezuela are more difficult to deport and U.S. officials face difficulties to send them back to their home countries in significant numbers. Due to deteriorating economic conditions and an authoritarian government, many Venezuelans have left the country. Officials of the administration are hopeful that creating an orderly process for Venezuelans to enter the U.S. will discourage them from crossing the border illegally. That will reduce the load on overwhelmed Border Patrol agents. The administration had focused on rolling back Trump-era restrictions at the border. In that context, this appears to be a new approach that could pay dividends.

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He plans to do absolutely nothing for his first two days in office and that his "day one is gonna be Monday". The reason as he has indicated is that he doesn't want his signing of orders to clash with the celebrations. This has been reported in nzherald.co.nz dated 17 January 2017.

President-elect Donald Trump has also clarified that one of the first orders he plans to sign would be strong borders. This has surprised many because he had earlier said that he would spend his very first day signing papers to begin the process of erasing President Barack Obama's legacy. He had mentioned that within one hour after assuming office he would begin swiftly to remove criminal illegal immigrants from the USA - he had said this in the course of a speech in Des Moines back in August.
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