Watch Live: President Biden is set to announce a new border control policy that expands limits on migration from Venezuela, Nicaragua, Haiti and Cuba, and will rapidly expel those who cross illegally.
President Biden will announce the plans at the White House this morning ahead of meetings Biden will have in Mexico City next week with Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador. As part of that trip, Biden has said he plans to make a stop at the southern U.S. border.He will also announce new limited legal pathways to the United States for migrants from those countries who have family or other pre-existing ties to the country.
"Effective immediately, nationals from Venezuela, Nicaragua, Cuba and Haiti who attempt to cross our border unlawfully will be very swiftly returned to Mexico and will be found ineligible for this program," a senior administration official told reporters.Under the new plan, the United States will accept up to 30,000 Cubans, Nicaraguans, Haitians and Venezuelans each month while expelling those who arrive at the border unlawfully.
The administration said it saw a"dramatic drop" in the number of Venezuelans arriving at the border after implementing the program in October. "We view this as one of the most significant achievements of the Venezuela process: fewer people risking their lives and their entire life savings at the hands of human smugglers," another senior administration official said.The administration also plans to boost refugee resettlement from the western hemisphere to up to 20,000 people this year and next year, officials said.
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