The lack of coherence in the Biden-Harris administration's immigration policy will begin to take its toll.
According to figures, by the end of April the Immigration Case Review Office (EOIR) had accumulated more than 1.7 million cases and More than 580,000 migrants in a legal limbo without a clear immigration status.
Given the circumstances, the Biden-Harris administration, seeks to decongest the accumulated files accelerating the political asylum processes.
But four months after the first phase was implemented in Texas, and as the government prepares to expand it, experts warn that The rush puts thousands of migrants seeking asylum in the United States at risk.
In other words, with this decision Cases will be pushed through the judicial system at the expense of immigrants' rights.. According to experts*, the timeframes “excessively short” They are not enough for immigrants to gather and present evidence that corroborates their stories and fears. *American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) and the American Immigration Council in a report published on the Think Immigration website.
Likewise, it will grant temporary extraordinary powers to asylum officers from the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to adjudicate these applications defensively, a power that until now only immigration judges had.
What the Biden-Harris administration is proposing in this new program is:
1. People at the border will be placed in expedited deportation and detention by ICE.
2. Credible fear interview, in detention and
3. Asylum Merit Interview (AMI) by USCIS.
Are these measures truly structural solutions for a collapsed and failed system? The lack of a serious and coherent legislative effort by the American Congress will take its toll on all immigrants.
Note compiled from: Univision and Hondudiario