Washington (EFE)
The measure is part of the new actions adopted by the US Executive to try to reduce the migratory flow towards its border with Mexico as of May 11, when Title 42 is suspended, an immigration measure that allows expulsions in hot.
In these centers, the migrants evaluated will be able to benefit from refugee programs and humanitarian permits for families or work in the United States.
The Secretary of Homeland Security, Alejandro Mayorkas, said at a press conference on Thursday that US immigration officials will work together with staff from the UN Refugee Agency (Acnur) and the International Organization for Migration ( IOM) to evaluate “very quickly” the cases of migrants in the centers.
The expectation is that the cases of up to 6,000 migrants per month can be evaluated at these points, Mayorkas said.
And that they have a “significant impact on migration decisions in the region.”
The US announces that Spain will accept migrants
In parallel, Canada and Spain agreed to receive migrants who are referred from these centers.
With this new measure, the US seeks to help migrants access regular migration routes in its territory and in other countries in a “safe, orderly and humane” manner.
“USA. it is making legal migration routes more accessible from South and Central America as an alternative to prevent people from taking paths that are sometimes dangerous,” stressed a high-ranking official.
This announcement is part of a battery of measures announced by the US before the lifting of Title 42 on May 11.
This norm has allowed more than 2.5 million expulsions of migrants since it came into force in 2020 under the pretext of the pandemic.
In a hearing before a congressional committee last week, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Acting Director Troy Miller Miller said the number of irregular border crossings is expected to rise to 10,000. per day once the regulations are suspended.
USA expands family reunification
The US Government will expand the migrant family reunification program to include citizens of Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador and Colombia.
Likewise, he informed that he will maintain the humanitarian permits program for the citizens of Venezuela, Cuba, Haiti and Nicaragua.
The family reunification program allows people who are citizens or permanent residents of the United States to request that their relatives in the countries of origin enter United States territory under a humanitarian permit.
In turn, the US will expand the number of appointments available through the CBP OPNE app.
It allows people who want to apply for asylum in the US to schedule an appointment to appear at a port of entry on the border with Mexico.