Since last fall, the number of people arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border without authorization has continued to climb despite a Trump-era policy that mandated their expulsion back to Mexico or their home countries.
Single adults are the largest group trying to cross but are mostly expelled within hours. So the fastest, growing numbers are those of unaccompanied minors, which the Biden administration has stopped expelling, as well as families with small children, who appear to be admitted at least occasionally due to the difficulty in processing them for expulsion and the ethical implications around specific cases. The vast majority of minors and families come from Central America.
Psaki: Obama-Era Central American Minors Program Needs Reforms
The newly reinstated Central American Minors (CAM) program for children is in need of reform to ensure that the asylum process of the United States accepting children fleeing violence in El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras, is more efficient and effective, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said Wednesday.
President Joe Biden on March 10 reinstated the Obama-era program, which former President Donald Trump ended in 2017 after a U.S. government review found that “the vast majority of individuals accessing the program were not eligible for refugee resettlement.”
Psaki made the remarks in response to a question from a reporter about comments made by Biden’s special envoy Ricardo Zúñiga on April 6, regarding how the White House is looking to create ways for would-be asylum seekers from Central America who may otherwise seek to make the perilous trek north and cross the border illegally to enter into the Uni
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MS. PSAKI: Hi. Good afternoon. Okay. Joining us today is another member of the President’s Jobs Cabinet, Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo. As you all know, the Secretary was the first woman to be governor of Rhode Island, where she kick-started the state’s economy and achieved a record number of jobs and the lowest unemployment in a generation thanks to investments in infrastructure, education, and job training.
As governor, she prioritized creating jobs, supporting workers, and improving the quality and availability of services in the care economy, including supporting wage increases for care workers.
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Paul Angelo, fellow for Latin America studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, discusses the migrant situation at the U.S.-Mexico border.
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