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The bus terminal in Brownsville, Texas, is a place humanity must avoid. Here, human destiny is forced to gather between worn polished wooden benches and exposed plastic chairs for migrants to rest with their weary backs. Most of those who come this day are from Honduras and Guatemala. Most of the people we meet have in common that they have heard that “Mr. Biden” will help them.
The message comes from friends, family, other migrants, and carelessly interpreted newsletters. The border between the United States and Mexico is closed, but now there are important exceptions, which allow the entry of migrants into the country. And children are the key to America.
Promises evoke hope
Already during the election campaign, Joe Biden pointed out extensive and important changes in US immigration policy. The most revolutionary reforms would lead to the opportunity to obtain citizenship being offered to those who came to the United States illegally as children. The same happened with undocumented adults. However, the requirements would be many.
But these proposals are far from reality. Decisions must be made by Congress and it is highly uncertain whether they will pass. However, the changes that have already occurred are that the construction of the wall along the southern border of the United States has stopped and that children can no longer be brought to Mexico without a proper asylum investigation. This also gives parents who come alone with their child the opportunity to remain in the United States during the asylum investigation. Hopes have set tens of thousands of migrants in motion.
Spectacular location
More than 9,000 children are now in temporary camps along the border. The facilities are described as overcrowded and poorly equipped. Journalists and lawyers do not have access, but the testimonies speak of a lack of mattresses and sanitation.
The situation is more than troublesome for Democrats, who harshly criticized the Trump administration, which separated migrant children from their parents and placed the children in private custody. Now Joe Biden finds himself in the middle of a similar problem. US law states that children should only be held for a maximum of 72 hours in these locations, after which they must be taken to a relative in the United States or a foster family. Now authorities are preparing the huge Dallas showroom as a temporary shelter.
Pressed from two directions
The situation along the border has already turned into President Biden’s first crisis. Republicans vehemently accuse Biden of luring immigrants to embark on the often life-threatening journey to the United States. That Joe Biden’s will to reform and the promises of a more humane immigration policy is the cause of the chaos at the border.
Events also make it difficult for Joe Biden to pass the proposals he promised in Congress. The refugee crisis in Brownsville and elsewhere has deepened the gap between Republicans and Democrats, and several Democratic lawmakers may find it difficult to support their own president in crucial votes on the issue. This is because there is already opposition to a more open immigration policy, even in several democratically governed states. At the same time, Biden is being attacked from the left flank within his own party, which believes that the White House is doing very little to rescue migrants, both in the US and Mexico, and that Joe Biden is now it should start to seriously pursue reforms. of which he spoke during the electoral campaign.
The situation is acute along the 300 km border between the United States and Mexico.
