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The Biden Administration is going forward with giving millions of dollars to Panama to deport more migrants — intended to stop people long before they reach the U.S.-Mexico border, Axios reported. The plan was crafted months ago but was blocked by Sen. Menendez, but since he has ceded the chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, the administration has decided to go forward.
Biden changed the rules for the special immigrant category, displacing religious workers in favor of illegal alien juveniles. This change means that only applications filed before January 2019 are being processed, moving forward the Central American minors by a few months but giving clergy with expiring visas no option but to leave their U.S. congregations behind. (Associated Press)
The U.S. will aim to resettle up to 50,000 refugees from Latin America and the Caribbean as part of a Biden administration plan to welcome as many as 125,000 refugees in fiscal year 2024, according to internal government memos. (CBS News)
Axios finally admitted that mass immigration is causing the housing crisis to become worse and is likely a contributing factor to a spike in homelessness. (Axios)