Joe Biden outlines his new policy to fix a 'broken' immigration system
Joe Biden at the White House on January 5, 2023. AP - Patrick Semansky
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Joe Biden announced this Thursday a new migration policy on the border with Mexico, in the south of the United States.
The goal is to show that he is acting on a politically sensitive subject.
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Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela.
These are the top four countries from which thousands of people attempt to enter the United States each day.
Joe Biden wants to lower the stream.
It is therefore setting up a program that will allow 30,000 nationals of these countries to be legally admitted to the United States each month.
Otherwise, they will be turned back and will no longer be able to benefit from it, reports our correspondent in Washington,
Guillaume Naudin
.
"
Don't show up, don't show up, don't come straight to the border.
Stay where you are and file your application legally where you
are, ”said Joe Biden, addressing migrants from these countries directly.
A principle that risks displeasing the associations helping migrants, who are very attached to the right of asylum.
To process requests faster, Joe Biden is asking Congress for more resources.
“
We can't stop people from making the trip.
But, we can ask them to come here in order and respecting our laws.
Today's decisions will improve things, but will not completely solve the problem at the border.
This work will not be done unless Congress authorizes and funds a more comprehensive plan for immigration that I have proposed from day one
.”
Visit to the border and meeting with Lopez Obrador
The Democratic president promised to fix a "
broken
" immigration system, in a speech at the White House, while acknowledging that this "
difficult
" problem would not be solved "
overnight
".
The Republicans reproach him for his immigration policy and above all for a form of indifference.
Joe Biden will travel on Sunday, for the first time after two years in office, to the southern border of the United States, more precisely to El Paso, Texas.
He will then go to Mexico, and has already made it known that the "
strengthening of the border
" would be at the heart of his discussions with his Mexican counterpart Andrés Manuel Lopez Obrador, who maintains sometimes very fresh relations with his big neighbor.
The president blasted “
extreme
” Republicans, accusing them of “
grandstanding
” over the migration crisis, and accusing them of blocking his requests for funding to deal with the problem.
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With
AFP)
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