White House Offers Temporary Protection For , Hundreds of Thousands of Venezuelans.
'USA Today' reports that the Biden administration has taken a major step toward aiding asylum seekers amid a rise in the number of migrants at the border.
'USA Today' reports that the Biden administration has taken a major step toward aiding asylum seekers amid a rise in the number of migrants at the border.
The administration has granted temporary legal status to 472,000 Venezuelan migrants who have already entered the United States.
The move was praised by Democrats and blasted by Republicans who accuse the administration of exacerbating the situation at the border.
The Biden administration is making the border invasion worse.
This news will incentivize even more illegal aliens from Venezuela to come, U.S. Sen.
Ted Cruz, R-Texas, via 'USA Today'.
The Biden administration is making the border invasion worse.
This news will incentivize even more illegal aliens from Venezuela to come, U.S. Sen.
Ted Cruz, R-Texas, via 'USA Today'.
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre countered that while the administration prefers to address the issue in a bipartisan way, it is "doing it in the best way that we can.".
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre countered that while the administration prefers to address the issue in a bipartisan way, it is "doing it in the best way that we can.".
'USA Today' reports that at least 7.3 million people have been pushed to migrate from Venezuela amid a decade of political, economic and humanitarian crises.
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The White House also announced that an additional 800 military personnel would be deployed at the border.
At the same time, the Homeland Security department has extended the validity of work permits for asylum seekers from two to five years.
People need to be able to work while they wait for their asylum application to be processed.
In some cases, that could take up to a decade, Conchita Cruz, Co-executive director of the Asylum Seeker Advocacy Project, via 'USA Today'.
On September 20, in response to an influx of almost 6,000 migrants, the border town of Eagle Pass, Texas, announced a state of emergency
