By Bethany Blankley (The Center Square)
The Department of Homeland Security and Department of State announced unprecedented policies to expand entry to the United States while also claiming the border is closed ahead of the public health authority Title 42 ending on May 11.
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The new policies, they said, will “further reduce unlawful migration across the Western Hemisphere, significantly expand lawful pathways for protection, and facilitate the safe, orderly, and humane processing of migrants.”
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The Title 42 public health order is set to expire 11:59 PM EST on May 11. Implemented under former President Donald Trump, Title 42 allowed border agents to immediately expel foreign nationals during the COVID-19 pandemic. Lifting the order “does not mean the border is open,” the statement says.
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When Title 42 is lifted, it claims federal agents “will return to using Title 8 immigration authorities to expeditiously process and remove individuals who arrive at the U.S. border unlawfully.”
The announcement claims Title 8 authority violations “carry steep consequences for unlawful entry, including at least a five-year ban on reentry and potential criminal prosecution for repeated attempts to enter unlawfully,” even though over a million people with deportation orders haven’t been deported because of new policies instituted by DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.
While the statement claims “the border is not open,” the new policies are being implemented in coordination with the governments of Mexico, Canada, Spain, Colombia and Guatemala to expand entry to the United States “through a combination of expanded lawful pathways.”
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One “legal pathway” includes expanding access to the CBPOne App. Foreign nationals from Central and Northern Mexico can schedule an appointment using the app to present themselves at a port of entry to be processed by Border Patrol with the expectation of being released into the U.S. “CBPOne will make additional appointments available, and the use of this tool will enable safe, orderly, and humane processing,” according to the policy.
Another includes a new family reunification parole process for citizens of El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Colombia to enter the U.S, as well as for Cubans and Haitians. “Vetted individuals with already approved family-based petitions” will be released into the U.S. through this new system, which may conflict with an order given by a federal judge in Florida, who ruled against Mayorkas’ parole policy.
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Another includes doubling the number of refugees allowed entry into the U.S. from the western hemisphere – “welcoming thousands of additional refugees per month” – through processing efficiencies and increasing resources and staffing to the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program.
The U.S. will continue to accept up to 30,000 individuals per month from Venezuela, Nicaragua, Cuba and Haiti, or 120,000 total, through its expanded parole policy.
To facilitate “access to lawful pathways” to foreign nationals to enter the U.S. bypassing immigration laws established by Congress, the federal government is opening regional processing centers for the first time in U.S. history outside of the United States.
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The first processing centers will be opened in Colombia and Guatemala. Citizens of these countries can make an appointment on their phone to meet with an immigration specialist to help them be processed before they ever arrive to the U.S.
DHS is also dedicating $15 million to its Case Management Pilot Program to provide voluntary case management and other services to noncitizens to increase compliance with court dates and accelerate processing times to help them stay in the U.S.
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The agencies also announced they were implementing enforcement measures, but since DHS has repeatedly been sued over the past three years for failing to enforce existing federal law, critics question the credibility of the claim.
Critics also argue the agencies are likely to be sued because the policies appear to directly conflict with laws established by Congress.
Syndicated with permission from The Center Square.
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Title 42:
The only lockdown Dems didn”t like.
This so called president has no regards for Americans! Continues to make America vunerable to foreigners, puts out billions to protect other countries borders, but we are being invaded, and are being destroyed from within our own government. GOD HELP US!
Why not bring back ‘stay in mexico’? This regime has no plan to secure our southern border. They are just making it easier to get in. All the new processing points are in the US border. This regime is actually facillitating the southern invasion of our country. Where is our Congress and why weren’t they as prepared as the o’biden regime was when he sat at his desk and signed all the eo’s to tear our country apart. The entire dc complex have turned socialist. It took over 100 yrs, from Wilson till now. They forgot how our government works. We are fast becoming a 4th world country. To those of us who still believe in the Creator, keep looking up, He is still on the throne.
Let’s go, Brandon….again.
And our tax dollars are paying for them. We are being overrun with illegals. And they are getting everything free while we pay thru our noses for the services we receive. Build that wall and keep them out.
Time to move the democrats out of congress forever. They are now known as the communist party not the democrat party. Thanks to Soros and Obama they want total discourse in this country, they forgot who voted them in and why. They want to have a one ruling party, take away everyone’s rights under the constitution and they want to line their pockets. They need to be kicked out and sent to China with whom they go to bed with every night. I pray the corrupt party pays big time for their evil works against the CITIZENS and our constitution of our great country.