Border agents encountered about 100,000 people trying to enter the US in February. The number of unaccompanied migrant children detained at the Southern border has more than tripled recently.
These are solutions experts say can address the border surge.
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These are solutions experts say can address the border surge.
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Biden has told people from Central America not to come to the US after reports of a massive surge in migrants at the US-Mexico border. "Yes, I can say quite clearly: Don't come over,” he told ABC News this week.
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Lee Gelernt, deputy director of the @ACLU Immigrants' Rights Project, told Insider the border is seeing an increased number of migrants, in part, because of a backlog of people who haven’t been allowed into the country due to the pandemic.
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Former President Trump implemented a CDC regulation known as Title 42 that halted all crossings at the border in the name of COVID-19 prevention. Since taking office, Biden has mostly maintained the policy.
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Declaring his intent to restore the US' "moral leadership," Biden called for accepting as many as 125,000 refugees per year in February. This would be the highest immigration cap since 1993. businessinsider.com/biden-calls-fo…
However, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Sunday said that "the border is closed." The secretary also said that the US would not send back "vulnerable children" who have arrived at the border. businessinsider.com/us-mexico-bord…
Here are steps immigration experts say the Biden administration should take to avoid a real crisis.
Solution 1: End Title 42.
The mandate effectively eliminated migrants' right to seek asylum in the US in the name of public health.
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Solution 1: End Title 42.
The mandate effectively eliminated migrants' right to seek asylum in the US in the name of public health.
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Solution 2: Provide more funding and resources for holistic border support.
Experts asked the Biden administration to increase federal funding and resources to both address the growing numbers of migrants and avoid the horrific conditions that often come with influxes.
Experts asked the Biden administration to increase federal funding and resources to both address the growing numbers of migrants and avoid the horrific conditions that often come with influxes.
Solution 3: Don't place children in jail-like settings and keep their stays short.
Experts say children should be kept in child-appropriate settings with small groups and a high staff-to-child ratio.
Experts say children should be kept in child-appropriate settings with small groups and a high staff-to-child ratio.
Solution 4: Change the public perception of the border.
Words like “surge,” “flood,” and “waves” tend to degrade and dehumanize the people who are migrating and their reasons for doing so.
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Words like “surge,” “flood,” and “waves” tend to degrade and dehumanize the people who are migrating and their reasons for doing so.
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