The Biden Administration has placed an immense strain on global cooperation through its hard-line immigration policies. Since the removal of the health rule known as Title 42 in May of this year, the U.S. government has already removed more than 145,000 migrants, and more and more are being forced to leave U.S. territory everyday.
The administration has implemented new rules that, in practice, make it difficult for people to legally seek asylum in the United States and restrict it to those with a valid appointment through a cell phone app (CBP One) or those who process the claim in the countries through which they transited. The main consequence of these policies is that those who enter without following the legal channels can be subject to expedited repatriations under Title 8, resulting in a five-year bar on re-entry and, unfortunately, the possibility of facing prosecution.
Such massive repatriations have only been made possible with the perilous journeys taken by migrants to reach U.S. soil. Colombia and Panama, two of the countries through which those passing through the Darien jungle have to traverse, report an influx of nearly 267,000 people since the beginning of the year. Consequently, the U.S. implemented projects in both countries, along with Guatemala and Costa Rica, to help these people. These projects have included the launch of the Secure Mobility Offices, the mobilization of security forces, and the setting up of networks for the distribution of aid.
The immigration policies of the Biden administration are causing a global dialogue to form around the subject in terms of finding more permanent solutions to the current state of affairs. It’s clear that the U.S. is not the only country that has to step up and look out for those in need, the international community as a whole has to come to a mutual agreement on how to provide necessary protections to migrants and ensure their safe passage.
With information from AFP
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