Leaked docs show Biden new Border Policy allows tens of thousands each day. “It’s all bulls–t,” a DHS official described the Biden administration’s new restrictions.
The Biden administration's recent border restrictions might not apply to tens of thousands of migrants each day from countries like China and Venezuela due to a loophole: their home nations refuse to take them back.
In 2024 alone, over 150,000 individuals from these countries have entered the US illegally, with hundreds more arriving daily. Despite directives to halt asylum claims processing after encountering 2,500 migrants per day for seven consecutive days, exceptions are made for those difficult to repatriate, as per leaked Department of Homeland Security (DHS) memos.
In simpler terms, some migrants, particularly from countries unwilling to accept repatriation flights, end up released into the US with a court date to pursue asylum, a process that can span years.
Critics within DHS label these measures as inadequate and ambiguous. They argue that migrants who cannot be deported are not factored into the 2,500 daily limit intentionally.
Recent reports indicate about 10,000 migrants were in Border Patrol custody, with 4,000 apprehended in just one day. Among the countries resistant to accepting deportations from the US are Cambodia, China, Cuba, Eritrea, India, Iran, Iraq, Laos, Pakistan, and Russia, though diplomatic relations fluctuate.
China, for instance, sporadically accepts deportation flights, leading to only a handful of deportations in 2024. Venezuela, on the other hand, ceased accepting such flights earlier in the year, contributing to the surge in Venezuelan migrants crossing the southern border, with over 124,000 arrests recorded in the fiscal year's first seven months.
Despite efforts by ICE, including cooperation with Mexico for deportations to Venezuela, the issue persists, with bureaucratic hurdles in obtaining travel documents from resistant governments like China posing significant challenges.
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