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Unlike former President Trump, US President Biden, who eased immigration policy, decided to expand the policy of immediately deporting illegal immigrants.
It came up with such a countermeasure when illegal immigrants flocked in large numbers and became a political problem.
Correspondent Kim Yun-soo in Washington.
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There is a continuous procession of illegal immigrants in the border area between the United States and Mexico even in winter.
Illegal immigrants flocked from Latin America as President Biden loosened the borders that former President Trump had almost closed off.
President Biden has come up with new immigration measures that focus on strengthening the policy of immediately deporting illegal immigrants.
First of all, during the time of former President Trump, we decided to strictly apply the 'Title 42' policy, which was to immediately expel illegal immigrants without screening, saying that we would prevent the spread of Corona 19.
[Joe Biden/President of the United States: You can't stop (foreign) people from coming to the United States.
However, they can be demanded to enter the United States in an orderly manner according to American law.]
President Biden himself decided to strengthen the policy of former President Trump, which he criticized as a policy that had run out of time.
The 'Title 42' policy has been in effect as civil groups have filed lawsuits demanding that it be scrapped, but the Federal Supreme Court has decided to maintain the policy for the time being.
However, President Biden decided to accept up to 30,000 legal immigration per month for four countries, including Venezuela, Nicaragua, Cuba, and Haiti, where illegal immigration is rapidly increasing.
American media evaluated that President Biden had begun a full-fledged response to his biggest political weakness, the immigrant issue, ahead of his re-election challenge.
(Video coverage: Park Eun-ha, video editing: Kim Jong-mi)