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February 12, 2021 The Biden Administration has announced that starting February 19, the US will authorize the entry into the country of tens of thousands of Mexican asylum seekers currently forced to wait for the outcome of their application in Mexico.



However, it will proceed in small steps, explains the Associated Press, with the entry of 300 people a day into two points of the border that the US authorities do not want to disclose for fear that many more people may go there and try to pass.



The decision represents a 360-degree shift from former President Donald Trump's line with regards to migration policies.   



In fact, Trump had introduced protocols for the protection of migrants in 2019, the result of a bilateral agreement between Mexico and the United States, which provide that people from Central America, the Caribbean and Brazil who seek asylum in the United States must stay in Mexico until the conclusion. examination of their application in the US. 



"As President Biden made clear, the US government is committed to rebuilding a safe, orderly and humane immigration system," said Alejandro Mayorkas, US Hispanic Prime Minister of the Interior.



"This decision - he added - is another step forward with respect to the commitment we have made to reform migration policies that are not in line with the values ​​of our nation".   



The Interior Ministry, however, specified that this move "should not be interpreted as a green light for illegal immigration to the United States", recalling that the vast majority of people who cross the border illegally are expelled quickly on the basis of a provision of public health to contain the pandemic caused by Covid-19.



White House spokesperson Jen Psaki also said she was worried about possible attempts to cross the border between Mexico and the US: "We don't want people to risk their lives at a time that is not the right time to come. as we have not yet had time to institute human and moral migration policies ".