“It used to be that when there was a migration crisis, it tended to be one — maybe one source country at a time,” Mr. Blinken added.
Now it’s all of the above, plus Venezuela, plus Nicaragua, plus Ecuador.”Over the past year, the Biden administration has rolled out new enforcement policies and legal pathways designed to drive down the number of illegal crossings on the southern border.
The number of migrant arrests outside ports of entry, however, was down by about two million compared with a year ago.
This path is much more orderly and safe than swimming across the Rio Grande, for example.
But the demand is far greater than the number of appointments available, and some migrants have been waiting months to get one.
Persons:
Antony J, Blinken, ” Mr, Biden
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Baker Institute, Rice University in
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Rice University in Texas, Haiti, Cuba, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Venezuela, Nicaragua, Ecuador, United States, Rio