Democratic congressmen ask Biden not to expel Venezuelan migrants

twenty-four congressmen democrats they claim to be “disappointed” and ask the president’s government Joe Biden to reverse its decision to expel the migrants Venezuelans arriving by land, one of them reported in a statement.

The congressmen have sent a letter to Bidento the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the State Department to express their “deep disappointment.”

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Last week, the DHS announced that the government will allow 24,000 Venezuelans to enter legally by plane but will expel those who enter without authorization across the border with Mexico.

Venezuelan migrants line up outside the refugee aid office to request asylum, on October 24, 2022, in Tapachula, Mexico. (Photo by Juan Manuel Blanco)

This means applying a public health rule known as Title 42 to them, which in practice allows authorities to block people at the land border.

Before the recent decision of the DHS The United States did not expel most Venezuelans.

This decision “it puts thousands of displaced asylum seekers at risk, does not align with our nation’s values, and violates our legal obligations under domestic and international law.”affirm the signatories of the letter.

“We urge you – they add – to reassess this decision and ensure that all people have access to the asylum system.”

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Venezuelan families flee violence, insecurity, lack of medicine and food in the hope of reaching a safe place in USA Y “It is cruel and illegal to turn our backs on them”, they insist.

It seems to them “particularly worrying” because the US government itself “has determined that forcing migrants to return to Mexico represents a danger to their lives.”

More than 180,000 irregular Venezuelan migrants have been intercepted at the border in the fiscal year (October 1 to September 30) that just ended.

Source: Elcomercio