The wave of immigrants to the United States has increased significantly in recent weeks.
The United States announced on Thursday that it will expand the border fence between Mexico and the United States in Texas, where numerous migrants have crossed the border between the two countries.
Earlier on Wednesday, the country’s administration announced changes to the law that will allow the construction of a border fence about 20 miles long in South Texas in Starr County.
Funding from Trump’s tenure
President of the United States Joe Biden the administration said that expanding the border fence is not a project driven by the current administration, but funding for the project was reserved during Donald Trump’s presidency. Biden declared in 2021 that tax money would no longer be used to build a border wall.
“From the beginning, this administration has made it clear that a border fence is not the answer,” said the secretary of the US Homeland Security Agency Alejandro Mayorkas.
However, according to Mayorkas, the legislation requires the administration to use the funding reserved for the project.
– We have constantly asked Congress to cancel these funds, but it has not been done, so we are forced to comply with the law.
Mexico opposes the plans
President of Mexico Manuel López Obrador announced his opposition to US plans to expand the border fence.
– This authorization to build the wall is a step backwards, Lopez Obrador said before his meeting with the US Secretary of State on Thursday by Antony Blinken with.
Lopez Obrador said on Monday that 10,000 migrants arrive at the US border from Mexico every day.
Migration is becoming an election theme
The wave of immigrants to the United States has increased significantly in recent weeks. Venezuelan immigrants in particular have sought to enter the country, with which the United States has started organizing deportation flights to Venezuela again.
Immigration is emerging as one of the election themes in next year’s US presidential election. Expanding the border wall is drawing criticism from Biden’s supporters, who lean to the left.
The decision has also been criticized by conservationists who oppose the construction of a wall in Starr County’s natural area.
Former President of the United States Donald Trump rushed to social media to demand an apology from Biden. According to him, walls have proven to be effective solutions for millennia.
Source: Reuters, AP