The United States has deported 690,000 migrants since Joe Biden's administration lifted Title 42 in May last year, the policy established by Donald Trump's government that allowed express returns of undocumented immigrants to Mexico, authorities reported this Thursday.
The Democratic government has insisted over the last eleven months that the end of Title 42 does not mean that the southern border is open to irregular migration and that those people who have no legal basis to enter the country continue to be expelled.
The spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Luis Miranda, explained that between May 12, 2023 and April 17 of this year, 690,000 people were deported, the vast majority of them migrants who crossed without permission. the border with Mexico.
According to Miranda, last year was the year with the highest number of expulsions since 2011.
The spokesperson tried to deny the “misinformation” that spreads on social networks according to which it is easy to cross the border and warned that in reality “rapid” expulsion processes are being applied.
He also noted that those who request asylum and are able to remain in the country will take more than 150 days to obtain a work permit.
Migration has become a central issue in the presidential election campaign on November 5 between Biden and Trump, given that Republicans accuse the Democratic government of having an open border policy and generating an “invasion” of migrants.
Last year, a record number of more than two million arrests were recorded on the border with Mexico, amid a global increase in the movement of people, motivated by the search for better economic opportunities in the United States and fleeing different social crises. and policies in America and other places in the world.
