NEW: The U.S. will offer entry under humanitarian parole for up to 30k migrants and asylum seekers a month from Nicaragua, Haiti, Cuba and Venezuela — while expelling up to 30k migrants from those nations monthly if they try to cross the border illegally.
It offers legal entry into the U.S. under humanitarian parole for up to 30,000 migrants and asylum seekers a month from Nicaragua, Haiti and Cuba — in addition to Venezuela — senior administration officials told reporters.
Migrants and asylum seekers who illegally cross into Panama or Mexico will automatically be disqualified from the parole program.Of the more than 230,000 southwest border crossings in November, nearly a third came from Nicaragua, Haiti and Cuba, Frosty U.S. diplomatic relations with countries such as Venezuela, Nicaragua and Cuba make deportation more difficult.The administration is announcing a plan to triple refugee resettlement from within the Western Hemisphere this fiscal year.
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