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U.S. NEWS Monday 24 october 2022
Illegal border crossings to U.S. from Mexico hit annual high

By ELLIOT SPAGAT and try to cross the border
Associated Press unlawfully,” said CBP Com-
SAN DIEGO (AP) — A surge missioner Chris Magnus.
in migration from Venezu- The expansion of Title 42
ela, Cuba and Nicaragua for Venezuelans to be ex-
in September brought the pelled to Mexico came de-
number of illegal crossings spite the administration’s
to the highest level ever attempt to end the public
recorded in a fiscal year, health authority in May,
according to U.S. Customs which was blocked by a
and Border Protection. federal judge.
The year-end numbers re- Venezuelans represented
flect deteriorating eco- the second-largest na-
nomic and political con- tionality at the border af-
ditions in some countries, ter Mexicans for the sec-
the relative strength of the ond straight month, being
U.S. economy and uneven stopped 33,804 times in
enforcement of Trump-era September, up 33% from
asylum restrictions. 25,361 times in August.
Migrants were stopped Cubans, who are partici-
227,547 times in Septem- pating in the largest exodus
ber at the U.S. border with Venezuelan migrants walk across the Rio Bravo towards the United States border to surrender to from the Caribbean island
Mexico, the third-highest the border patrol, from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Oct. 13, 2022. to the United States since
month of Joe Biden’s presi- Associated Press 1980, were stopped 26,178
dency. It was up 11.5% from co and three countries of applied 2.4 million times to how tens of thousands times at the border in Sep-
204,087 times in August and northern Central America since it began in March of Ukrainians have come tember, up 37% from 19,060
18.5% from 192,001 times in that have historically ac- 2020 but has fallen dispro- since Russia invaded their in August.
September 2021. counted for most of the portionately on migrants country.The first four Ven- Nicaraguans were stopped
In the fiscal year that end- flow. The remarkable geo- from Mexico, Guatemala, ezuelans paroled into the 18,199 times in September,
ed Sept. 30, migrants were graphic shift is at least part- Honduras and El Salvador. United States arrived Sat- up 55% from 7,298 times in
stopped 2.38 million times, ly a result of Title 42, a pub- U.S. officials say Venezu- urday — two from Mexico, August.
up 37% from 1.73 million lic health rule that suspends elan migration to the Unit- one from Guatemala, one The report is the last monthly
times the year before, ac- rights to see asylum under ed States has plunged from Peru — and hundreds reading of migration flows
cording to figures released U.S. and international law more than 85% since Oct. more have been approved before U.S. midterm elec-
late Friday night. The annu- on grounds of preventing 12, when the U.S. began to fly, the Homeland Secu- tions, an issue that many
al total surpassed 2 million the spread of COVID-19. expelling Venezuelans to rity Department said. Republicans have empha-
for the first time in August Due to strained diplomatic Mexico under Title 42. At “While this early data is sized in campaigns to cap-
and is more than twice the relations, the U.S. cannot the same time, the Biden not reflected in the (Sep- ture control of the House
highest level during Donald expel migrants to Venezu- administration pledged to tember) report, it confirms and Senate. Republicans
Trump’s presidency in 2019. ela, Cuba or Nicaragua. As admit up to 24,000 Venezu- what we’ve said all along: on the House Homeland Se-
Nearly 78,000 migrants from a result, they are largely re- elans to the United States When there is a lawful and curity Committee released
Venezuela, Cuba and Ni- leased in the United States on humanitarian parole if orderly way to enter the a one-sentence statement
caragua were stopped in to pursue their immigration they apply online with a fi- country, individuals will be Saturday in response to the
September, compared to cases. nancial sponsor and enter less likely to put their lives numbers: “You’ve got to
about 58,000 from Mexi- Title 42 authority has been through an airport, similar in the hands of smugglers be kidding.”q

Biden: ‘Legitimate’ for voters to weigh

age as he nears 80

By AAMER MADHANI Sunday. He said people publicans hope to see
Associated Press should judge for themselves Trump seek the presidency
REHOBOTH BEACH, Del. whether he is up to the task again.
(AP) — President Joe Biden as polls show that voters “I think the best way to
joked that it’s difficult ac- would rather not see a re- make the judgement is to
knowledging he’s about to match with Donald Trump, watch me. Am I slowing
turn 80, but said he’s physi- the Republican ousted by up? Am I going at the same
cally and mentally capa- Biden in 2020. pace?” Biden said in the
ble of serving a potential Biden would be 82 on In- interview that was taped
second term in the White auguration Day in January Friday during a visit to the President Joe Biden walks from Marine One upon arrival at the
House. Biden, who turns 2025; Trump would be 78,. Delaware State University Gordons Pond in Rehoboth Beach, Del., Friday, Oct. 21, 2022.
Associated Press
80 on Nov. 20, said it’s “to- A recent Associated Press- campus to promote his stu-
tally legitimate” for voters NORC Center for Public dent loan debt forgiveness self as a “transition candi- and at a moment when the
to question whether some- Affairs Research poll shows executive order. date” who would build a nation is facing no shortage
one his age can manage only about 3 in 10 people Biden has yet to officially bridge to new Democratic of issues of consequence.
the demanding stresses of questioned want either announce whether he will talent. In the MSNBC interview,
the American presidency. Biden or Trump to run for run for a second term, but The age and health of both Biden said voters should
Biden made the comment president in two years. Just has repeatedly said it is his Biden and Trump loomed look at his “passion” for the
in response to a question 5 in 10 Democrats want intention to seek reelection. throughout a race that was work as they consider his
about his age during an Biden to seek a second During his 2020 campaign, decided by a younger and age in factoring whether
MSNBC interview that aired term, while 6 out of 10 Re- Biden often presented him- more diverse electorate they should vote for him.q