Trump falsely accuses President Biden of transporting 325,000 migrants to the US

In his speech on the occasion of the Super Tuesday victory, the former president donald trump spreading false information that went viral on social media, claiming that the federal government brought hundreds of thousands of migrants to U.S on secret flights.

Many of the publications that shared the allegations mentioned a report from Center for Immigration Studiesa group that defends immigration restrictions. The report noted that the administration declined to name a list of individual airports where beneficiaries of a conditional permit program from the president’s administration arrived. Joe Bidenthat allows Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans remain in the United States for two years.

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O United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) publishes monthly the number of migrants, by nationality, who were admitted to the program. This information is available on the agency’s website and in press releases. It does not mention the airports they arrived at.

trump He said in his speech: “Today it was announced that 325 thousand people were brought in by air from unknown locations —The migrants were brought in at the airports, without going through the borders—It was incredible. I thought it must be a mistake. They brought 325,000 migrants by plane. They were transported across the border and into our country.”.

But migrants are not flown to U.S randomly. According to a federal government policy in effect since January 2023, Up to 30,000 people from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela can enter the country each month, as long as they submit an online application, have a financial sponsor and arrive at a specific airport.covering the costs of your trip. Biden exercised the humanitarian authorization authority granted to it by a 1952 law, which allows it to admit people “on a case-by-case basis, for urgent humanitarian reasons or for significant public benefit.”

Check out the allegations and facts:

INDICTMENT: The government of Biden brought more than 300,000 migrants to the United States on secret flights without investigating their backgrounds.

THE FACTS: The Center for Immigration Studies published an article on Monday that analyzed one of the main examples of how Biden exercised its powers to grant conditional licenses to Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans.

Every month, the PCC reveals how many people from these four nations were admitted into the country. On January 26, the agency reported that background checks were investigated and that 327,000 migrants were authorized to make the journey. Among them were more than 67 thousand Cubans, 126 thousand Haitians, 53 thousand Nicaraguans and 81 thousand Venezuelans.

The publication by the Center for Immigration Studies states that CBP approved flights that brought 320,000 people to the United States last year. The author of the article, Todd Bensmanlearned they had arrived at 43 airports, but the government refused to reveal which ones they were, referring to an exception included in the Access to Public Information Act regarding sensitive data for law enforcement authorities.

Bensman said Wednesday that he does not consider the program secret, but that he considers it “cryptic” and “lacks transparency.”

Migrants do not come from “unknown places”, as he accused trump. CBP reviews each of them to ensure they meet requirements and publishes the number of arrivals at airports of people from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela.

Social media posts, including one from Elon Muskthey claim the government does this to attract voters.

But People who arrive in the country with conditional humanitarian authorization cannot naturalize. They can obtain limited-time work permits, but voters must be American citizens.

Biden exercised his parole powers more than any of his predecessors, something that trump He calls it an “outrageous abuse” that he will put an end to if he returns to the White House. Biden granted access – by land or air – to at least one million people through conditional humanitarian authorizations, and not just the 327 thousand who arrived on flights from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua or Venezuela until December.

Angelo Fernández HernándezA White House spokesman said Wednesday that reports of secret migrant flights were “categorically false” and that the backgrounds of the Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans “have been thoroughly reviewed.”

Trump’s campaign team and Musk’s representatives did not immediately respond to requests for comment Wednesday.

Source: Elcomercio

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