The New York Immigration Coalition (NYIC) has strongly denounced plans by the Joe Biden administration to limit migrants from the Caribbean into the United States.
On Thursday, the Biden administration announced it was limiting migrants from Cuba, Nicaragua, Venezuela and Haiti who enter the US to 30,0000 each month under humanitarian parole, while expelling those who attempt to cross the south western border.
NYIC, an umbrella policy and advocacy organization that represents over 200 immigrant and refugee rights groups throughout New York State said these plans will “cruelly favor” asylum seekers with family connections and financial privilege, demanding the expansion of additional protections for Caribbean and other asylum seekers.
“President Biden’s plan to expel those who attempt to cross the border, announced earlier today, is an attack on the humanitarian values and obligations of the United States,” NYIC Executive Director, Murad Awawdeh, told the Caribbean Media Corporation (CMC).
“This plan needlessly endangers the lives of those crossing the border in search of basic freedom in our country, and succumbs to the fear mongering espoused by anti-immigrant conservatives. President Biden must stop the hypocrisy of his immigration policies, and, instead, proudly stand up for all refugees and asylum seekers, as he has always professed to do.
“As Title 42 continues to be enforced by the Biden administration, cruelly subjecting asylum seekers to violence, this plan is a shameful slap in the face to those seeking safety in the United States.
“Rather than limiting humanitarian parole for just a select few with family connections and financial privilege, the Biden administration must expand additional protections for all asylum seekers, so that our country can fulfill its humanitarian obligations and provide opportunity and freedom for all,” he said.
In remarks at the White House, President Biden said his government will deny migrants from Cuba, Nicaragua, Venezuela and Haiti the opportunity to apply for asylum if they cross the Mexican border without permission between official ports of entry.
Biden said migrants from those countries, among tens of thousands of others who endeavor monthly to cross the border, would be expeditiously returned to Mexico instead.
“Again, these four countries … these four countries account for most of the people now traveling into Mexico to try to start a new life by crossing the border into the United States of America on the southwest border,” he added.
“We anticipate this action is going to substantially reduce the number of people attempting to cross our southwest border without going through a legal process,” said Biden, announcing that Mexico has agreed to allow the return of up to 30,000 migrants per month.
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