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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This has been reported in news.sky.com dated 24 November 2016.

People have been advised to remain indoors since heavy rain was already causing flooding in some areas. The country's National Meteorological Institute has revealed that this will be the first time a hurricane has made landfall in Costa Rica since records began.
Nicaragua has also closed its schools and was evacuating more than 10,000 people from areas in the storm's path. With prediction of heavy rains in the entire country, there are possibilities of flooding and landslides in the interior. The US National Hurricane Center said Otto had regained hurricane strength with winds of 85mph (140kph), after fluctuating between tropical storm and hurricane status earlier this week. Costa Rican President Luis Guillermo Solis is afraid that Hurricane Otto could damage the country's important coffee and agriculture sectors. Similar fears have been expressed by Nicaragua - coffee crops almost ready for harvest could be harmed.


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