A dramatic rule change is unsettling an already chaotic US immigration system, leaving thousands of people in limbo and politicians pointing figures at each other.
: Beneath the unrelenting sun in El Paso, a four-year-old girl sits outside a church where countless migrants who have crossed the US southern border hoping for a better life are camped under white tarps or flattened boxes lined with donated blankets.
The problem is, due to an extraordinary backlog of migrants from South and Central America, the court date isn’t until March 13, 2027. What will they do for the next four years?“We don’t have much, so I’d like to find a job somewhere ...”Credit:Australia’s immigration regime - which mandates detention for illegal arrivals - is regarded as one of the strictest in the world. America’s system, which last year resulted in a record 2.
In downtown El Paso, where 2500 migrants were camped outside Sacred Heart Church last weekend, an informal economy had sprung up. One person was charging $1 per phone charge at her home; others were spruiking Coca-Cola for the same price; another was selling flattened cardboard boxes to sleep on.
What’s more, unlike Title 42, those sent back under Title 8 could be banned from re-entering the US for a minimum of five years and risk criminal prosecution for repeated attempts.It’s the kind of policy that has left Biden under attack from all sides. On the one hand, Republicans accuse him of creating the “chaos” by being too soft on border security.
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