Masses of Venezuelan Migrants Arrive at the Southern Border

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Masses of Venezuelan Migrants Arrive at the Southern Border
avatar By Madison McQueen   May 14, 2021 1 Comment
 

Venezuelan nationals have been fleeing their home country in droves due to economic collapse as a result of political instability and socialist policies. Chile, which has more than 458,000 Venezuelan migrants residing in the country, announced a crackdown on illegal immigration which gives illegal aliens 180 days to leave the country or risk deportation. Chile had previously offered democratic responsibility visas to Venezuelans seeking refuge from the socialist political crisis in their home country. The visas allowed Venezuelans to stay in the country for one year, with a possible 12-month extension.

According to reports obtained by a former border patrol member, more than 1,100 Venezuelans recently crossed illegally into West Texas in the span of two weeks. The increase in Venezuelan migrants attempting to come to the U.S. is likely attributed to the Biden administration’s move to grant Temporary Protected Status (TPS) to Venezuelans last month. The move grants 18-month temporary legal status and work permits to more than 300,000 Venezuelans currently residing in the United States. However, as essentially always occurs with TPS, it is likely that the designation will be rolled over indefinitely instead of being terminated after 18 months.

The TPS program was designed to be a temporary deferral of removal until exceptional circumstances – such as war or a natural disaster – subside in the country that received TPS designation. Unfortunately, it is almost always treated as an avenue for permanent resettlement as presidents from both parties routinely rubber-stump the continuation of TPS status.

https://www.immigrationreform.com/2021/05/14/veneuelans-west-texas-surge-immigrationreform-com/

[catfish1957]

Yeah, the pukes who consistently  voted in Chavez and Maduro.  Do a "180",  travel back and face the damage you've wrought.

[mystery-ak]

Venezuelans fleeing repression showing up in record numbers at Mexican border
by Anna Giaritelli, Homeland Security Reporter |
 | May 18, 2021 06:16 AM

Venezuelan migrants fleeing political repression and dire economic circumstances are increasingly traveling to the United States’s southern border, and nearly all are being admitted under the Biden administration.

The influx is drawing comparison to the mid-century surge of refugees to the U.S. as tens of thousands of people fled Cuba after the revolution in 1959, when Fidel Castro sought to align the country with the Soviet Union and communism. Amid the rush of Cubans attempting to make it across the Atlantic Ocean to Florida, the U.S. government in 1966 rolled out the "wet foot, dry foot" policy, which guaranteed anyone who made it to Florida would be allowed to pursue residency after one year.

The displacement of more than 5 million Venezuelans since President Nicolas Maduro came to power in 2011 is one of the largest crises in the world. Most Venezuelan migrants have fled to other countries in South America, including Colombia, Chile, and Brazil, while others in March began setting their sights on the U.S.

As the border crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border worsened for the third consecutive month in April, Border Patrol agents noted that they were seeing a lot of people from Venezuela who had trekked 3,000 miles across eight countries.