NEW: The Biden administration is setting up migrant processing centers in Latin America to screen migrants to see if they are eligible for refugee/parole/employment programs.
The processing centers will be run by "international organization partners"
DHS is also expanding eligibility for the family reunification parole program to cover Guatemala, El Salvador, Colombia and Honduras. foxnews.com/politics/biden…
Meanwhile, the administration says it is expanding the use of expedited removal at the border, along with penalties including entry bars and criminal prosecution.
The hope is that the combination of stiffer penalties at the border, while expanding both legal pathways and access to those pathways, will promote an "orderly" migration system. foxnews.com/politics/biden…
Mayorkas: "Notwithstanding those preparations, we do expect that encounters at or southern border will increase as smugglers are seeking to take advantage of this change [end of Title 42] and already hard at work spreading misinformation that the border will be open after that."
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House Judiciary Democrats fact sheet on Build Back Better’s immigration provisions cites Mark Zuckerberg’s lobbying group FWD.usaboutbgov.com/0lw
The House Judiciary Dems also predict that 379,000 green cards would be made available using the “recapture” method.
As for illegal immigrants, Democrats estimate that 7 million would be given parole for up until 2031 under the provisions in the House bill aboutbgov.com/0lw
NEW: Missoula Police Dept. confirms to Fox that it has arrested Zabihullah Muhmand, and he is being held at Missoula County Jail on charges of Sexual Intercourse without Consent.