USA: Pact in the Senate foresees closure of the border with Mexico if it “collapses”

revealed this Sunday after a bipartisan agreement that tightens immigration policy, a condition of Republicans to unlock funds for Ukraine.

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The legislative package includes total funding of $118.3 billionwith $60 billion to aid war-torn Ukraine — matching the White House’s request — and $14.1 billion for Israel, according to a summary published by Senate Appropriations Committee Chair Patty Murray.

The deal also includes $20.2 billion for U.S. border security.but it remains to be seen whether this text will be approved by Congress in this election year.

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The pact reached by a group of Republican and Democratic senators foresees “new emergency authority to close the border” between the United States and Mexico when “it collapses,” President Joe Biden said in a statement.

If adopted, Authorities may restrict border crossings if the daily average of migrants reaches 4,000 in a weekbut they will be forced to ban them if they exceed the average of 5,000 per day – over a period of seven consecutive days – or 8,500 in a single day, reads the text of the bipartisan agreement.

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The government is limited to using the new authority to 270 days during the first year, 225 days for the second and 180 for the third, he adds.

During the activation time, authorities must process at least 1,400 asylum applications at ports of entry “in a safe and orderly manner”.

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It is unclear whether the project has the 60 votes needed to overcome the first vote in the Democratic-controlled Senate, scheduled for Wednesday at the latest.

And it is unlikely to obtain approval in the Chamber of Deputiescontrolled by Republicans.

Its leader, Mike Johnson, an ally of former US President Donald Trump, He has already warned that he will arrive dead.

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Trump, a heavy favorite for the Republican presidential nomination, He described it, even before knowing the contents, as a “horrible betrayal of open borders.”.

Among some Democratic congressmen, especially those of Hispanic origin and migrant advocates, The pact also raises bubbles in a party that promised to work to grant citizenship to millions of migrants who have been living illegally in the United States for years.

And Biden arrived at the White House with the promise of humanizing migration leave behind Trump’s harsh policy that allowed the separation of families at the border with Mexico.

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“While this agreement does not address everything I would like, These reforms are essential to make our border more orderly, safe, fair and humane.“Biden says in the statement.

“It will expedite work permits so those who are here and qualify can work faster, will create more opportunities for families to get together, through short-term visits and greater permanent legal avenues”, says the Democrat.

Republicans accuse him of pursuing an open borders policy. They are based on record statistics. In December, border authorities intercepted migrants and asylum seekers at the southern border 302,000 times.

New restrictions echo Title 42 policya health rule implemented during the pandemic and which allowed practically all migrants to be blocked at the border.

“Expelling protection-seeking migrants means sending at least some of them back into possible danger”, says Adam Isacson, WOLA expert in an analysis published by this NGO.

He considers it “a human rights violation that the United States agreed not to commit.” when it ratified the Refugee Convention more than 50 years ago.”

Not only do they increase suffering, he says, but they also These “expulsion policies and ‘bottlenecks’ also increase the profits of organized crime and corrupt officials in Mexico,” the country where the vast majority are sent.

Source: Elcomercio

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