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«"Welcome Corps" private sponsorship for refugees in the United States

“WELCOME CORPS” PATROCINIO PRIVADO PARA REFUGIADOS EN USA

The Biden administration unveiled a new program called “Welcome Corps” that will allow groups of permanent residents and citizens to sponsor refugees from around the world to live in the United States.

Many define this program as a measure to fulfill at all costs the commitment to implement a private sponsorship program to resettle refugees in the United States, as instructed in Biden's executive order since February 2021.

This program will be implemented in 2 stages:

  1. Participating private sponsors will be connected with refugees whose cases have already been approved for resettlement. The State Department will begin coordinating sponsors with refugees arriving during the first six months of 2023.
  2. It will be launched in mid-2023, and private sponsors will be able to identify refugees to send to the US Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP) for resettlement purposes.

During the first year of the program, the State Department will seek to motivate 10,000 Americans to apply as sponsors to host at least 5,000 refugees.

According to the program, groups of at least 5 people can apply to sponsor refugees and help them adjust to life in the USA, with the support of a consortium of non-profit resettlement organizations.

Sponsor groups must raise a minimum of US$1,275 per refugee, but they are not obligated to provide ongoing financial support to the refugees they sponsor. The support they provide will be fixed for the first three months, and they must ensure continued financial support for the refugees as needed for two years.

The migration process for a refugee is not an easy task; finding a school, a job, learning how to get around, having financial support, and other everyday things takes time. All of these tasks would have to be taken on by a group of 5 or more Americans.
Now, the main concern that remains is whether sponsors will actually come forward for this arduous task.

Source: State Department and CNN en Español

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Migration 2022: challenges and crises

During these 12 months, the United States border has seen unprecedented numbers of migrants, causing a migration crisis due to the difficult economic and political situation in Latin America, especially in countries like Venezuela, Cuba, and Nicaragua.  

VENEZUELAN EXODUS 

Venezuelan migration has been recognized as one of the world's largest displacement and migration crises, surpassing that of Syria, according to the International Organization for Migration.

The number of displaced Venezuelans has exceeded 7.1 million, according to the Inter-Agency Coordination Platform for Refugees and Migrants from Venezuela (RAV).

Cubans in the USA

According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), approximately 224,607 Cubans attempted to enter the United States during 2022, a number that surpasses the combined records of the Mariel Boatlift in 1980 and the Balseros Crisis in 1994, the worst migration crises in the history of the Caribbean island to date.

MIGRATION RECORD IN THE DARIEN

According to forecasts from the International Organization for Migration (IOM), an estimated 200,000 irregular travelers will have crossed the Darien Gap border crossing located between Colombia and Panama in 2022.

HISTORICAL MIGRATION IN THE USA

Political and economic crises in the region, coupled with the effects of COVID-19, have influenced the record numbers of migrants arriving in the US.

US border patrols recorded contact with more than 2.7 million migrants in 2022 and 1.6 million in 2021, a dramatic spike compared to previous reports of 405,036 (2020), 859,501 (2019) and 404,142 (2018).

VISAS FOR VENEZUELANS

The U.S. government has implemented a humanitarian visa program for Venezuelans* that will allow 24,000 applicants to enter the country and live and work legally for two years. *This new measure was implemented to reduce the record number of people arriving daily at the U.S. southern border.

RECORD OF NATURALIZATION IN THE USA

Nearly 1 million immigrants became U.S. citizens in 2022, the highest number of naturalizations in the past 15 years, according to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. *The top five countries of birth for the new citizens were Mexico, India, the Philippines, Cuba, and the Dominican Republic.

TITLE 42 REMAINS 

The administration of US President Joe Biden intended to repeal Title 42, a measure that allows for the expulsion of people who cross the border illegally. Although it was officially set to expire on December 21, the Supreme Court issued an order postponing its repeal. The decision on whether the law will remain in effect could still be delayed until February.

Do you think 2023 poses a challenge for Joe Biden's government on immigration issues?

News story created with information from Voice of America

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Biden's new plan seeks to spend $100 billion to address problems in the immigration system

President Joe Biden is seeking, through the new $1.75 trillion social plan presented this Thursday, October 28, to include a $100 billion allocation to reform the immigration system in accordance with the Senate's reconciliation rules.

After having presented two proposals for the social plan, the Democrats are now trying to push through a Plan C, which is expected to grant humanitarian parole status, including work authorization and protection from deportation for certain undocumented immigrants.

According to a statement issued by the White House, the budget would be used to reduce court delays, expand legal representation, and “make the asylum and border processing system more efficient and humane.”

However, Biden did not specify whether the plan will include a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants, as Democrats had already promised given the impossibility of passing immigration reform due to Republican opposition.

The new social program will be admitted to Congress through the reconciliation process, a legislative mechanism that will allow it to pass despite Republican obstruction. However, Congress requires that the package be limited at the budgetary level, so it must be reviewed by Senate rules advisor Elizabeth McDonough to determine if it can be passed through reconciliation.

The House of Representatives released a preliminary draft of the bill, which includes a provision allowing undocumented immigrants who arrived in the United States by 2010 to apply for legal status. The House bill also includes a provision to reclaim up to 226,000 unused visas.