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US offers work permits to half million Venezuelans already in country
Credit: IndiaTimes- Published on September 21, 2023
The US will grant temporary deportation relief and work permits to around 500,000 Venezuelans already in the country. This move follows calls from Democrats to assist newly arrived migrants in obtaining legal work. The decision is based on Venezuela's increased instability and lack of safety. President Joe Biden, who has faced a...
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Published on September 21, 2023 - 01:31
White House Offers Temporary Protection For Hundreds of Thousands of Venezuelans
White House Offers Temporary Protection For , Hundreds of Thousands of Venezuelans.
'USA Today' reports that the Biden administration
has taken a major step toward aiding asylum seekers
amid a rise in the number of migrants at the border.
'USA Today' reports that the Biden administration
has taken a major step toward aiding asylum seekers
amid a rise in the number of migrants at the border.
The administration has granted temporary
legal status to 472,000 Venezuelan migrants
who have already entered the United States.
The move was praised by Democrats and blasted
by Republicans who accuse the administration
of exacerbating the situation at the border.
The Biden administration is making
the border invasion worse. This news
will incentivize even more illegal
aliens from Venezuela to come, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, via 'USA Today'.
The Biden administration is making
the border invasion worse. This news
will incentivize even more illegal
aliens from Venezuela to come, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, via 'USA Today'.
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre countered
that while the administration prefers to address the issue in
a bipartisan way, it is "doing it in the best way that we can.".
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre countered
that while the administration prefers to address the issue in
a bipartisan way, it is "doing it in the best way that we can.".
'USA Today' reports that at least 7.3 million people
have been pushed to migrate from Venezuela amid a decade of political, economic and humanitarian crises. .
The White House also announced
that an additional 800 military personnel
would be deployed at the border.
At the same time, the Homeland Security
department has extended the validity of work
permits for asylum seekers from two to five years.
People need to be able to work
while they wait for their asylum
application to be processed.
In some cases, that could
take up to a decade, Conchita Cruz, Co-executive director of the
Asylum Seeker Advocacy Project, via 'USA Today'.
On September 20, in response to an influx
of almost 6,000 migrants, the border town of
Eagle Pass, Texas, announced a state of emergency