Biden’s Immigration Reforms Deserve a Chance to Work
• After years of chaos at the US’s southern border, the government says that illegal crossings have fallen more than 40% in recent months. These figures suggest that border policies recently introduced by President Joe Biden’s administration are starting to deliver results. It’s regrettable that politicians in both parties are trying to undermine this progress before it’s barely begun.
• Since late last year, the administration has employed a carrot-and-stick strategy to contain the surge of migrants attempting to enter the country. It launched a program for migrants from Venezuela, Cuba, Nicaragua and Haiti, allowing as many as 30,000 a month to apply for temporary visas before reaching the border. Under the program, known as humanitarian parole, applicants who have a sponsor, pass background checks and meet other requirements can work in the US for two years while their asylum claims are adjudicated. Border crossers who attempt to circumvent the process are expelled to Mexico, which had previously refused to accept deportees from the four nations the program covers.

Source : Bloomberg Businessweek March 6,2023 , Page 6