President Biden recently announced major changes to stop the record surge of migrants crossing into the country illegally.
- Biden announced that anyone in Mexico coming to the U.S. border can now schedule an appointment through a phone app to request asylum legally at a point of entry, David Bier, associate director of immigration studies at the Cato Institute, said.
- The Department of Homeland Security created a sponsorship program that says the U.S. will allow 30,000 Haitians, Cubans, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans to enter the U.S. legally in exchange for Mexico accepting the people of those nationalities expelled under Title 42 back, he explained.
- The sponsorship program will make a significant difference in the number of people crossing the border illegally, according to Bier.
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YUMA, AZ - MAY 13: A family of asylum seekers from Colombia walk through the US Mexico border to turn themselves in to US Border Patrol agents on May 13, 2021 in Yuma, Arizona. The Biden administration is trying to develop a plan to safely handle the surge of immigrants coming across the Southern border. (Photo by Apu Gomes/Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 5: (L-R) Vice President Kamala Harris looks on as U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks about border security policies in the Roosevelt Room in the White House on January 5, 2023 in Washington, DC. Biden is planning to visit the U.S.-Mexico border while on a two-day summit meeting in Mexico City. The administration plans on setting new limits on illegal border crossings and expanding policies that force out migrants without letting them seek asylum. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
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