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Migrants were taken into custody by U.S. Customs and Border Protection a total of 178,622 times in April a 21-year high, according to new federal statistics. With unevenly enforced laws that either grant or deny entry into the country depending on various factors, in addition to mixed messaging from the president, even seasoned experts are unsure who is allowed in and who isn’t under the Biden administration’s convoluted border policy.
Biden’s Border Policy: Who Gets In? Who’s Shut Out?
Migrants were taken into custody by U.S. Customs and Border Protection a total of 178,622 times in April a 21-year high, according to new federal statistics. Most were immediately expelled under a pandemic health order. But increasingly convoluted border policy from the Biden administration and unevenly enforced Mexican law means some migrants are granted entrance into the U.S. depending on various factors. Who is allowed in and who isn’t under the Biden administration’s confusing border policy at times have even seasoned experts at a loss.
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