1-5-2022
Biden tells illegal migrants to keep out --
President Joe Biden on Thursday warned undocumented migrants to stay away from the US border while opening the door to limited legal arrivals from four impoverished countries, in a delicate balancing act on one of the country's most explosive political issues.
"Do not just show up at the border,"
Biden warned in an address to Americans from the White House
To placate critics on the left, the president said up to 30,000 qualifying migrants will be allowed into the United States each month from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela.
** They must apply in their home countries
** Have a US sponsor
** And undergo background checks
"It's safe and it's humane, and it works," Biden said.
However, he said fully fixing the system requires Congress to legislate and increase funding for the
border and immigration infrastructure.
And he hit out at congressional Republicans for refusing to consider more comprehensive reforms put forward by his administration, blaming "extreme Republicans" for the years-long impasse, and for using immigration problems as an election issue.
Title 42 controversy
The White House proposals unveiled Thursday expand on a similar program of limited legal access for Venezuelans which began in October. However, Title 42 use is at the center of a fierce debate.
Biden's administration is actually seeking to remove the rule and is now waiting for the Supreme Court to decide whether it should stay or go.
So the new embrace of the tool for restricting migrants -- it allows border guards to send back illegal crossers without any further process -- will likely cause uproar among some in his party.
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