Biden looks to fill gaps used by migrants to enter US illegally amid 'border bandits' threat
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As the U.S. border crisis continues, more foreign nationals are finding their way through Mexico to the U.S., undermining the Biden administration's effort to stop illegal immigration by addressing the root causes of why people leave Central America.
Last week, scores of Brazilians and Cubans entered through a gap in the fence in Arizona. Haitians immigrants have taken over parts of a tent encampment in Tijuana. Romanians have established a pathway into San Diego. Venezuelans are more likely to enter the U.S. in Del Rio, Texas, than El Salvadorans. The number of Cuban migrant apprehensions increased 70%. "Cuba is horrible today," said former Havana resident Laura Carrazana, moments after being apprehended in San Luis, a border town in southwest Arizona. "I have no food. I have a child. I have no work to eat, so I need to come here. It is dangerous I know, but I do it. I made it." Unlike most Central Americans, who either walk or take a series of buses to the border, many foreign nationals fly to the border. The U.S. is negotiating with Mexico to close one loophole: a list of 68 nations from which travelers do not need a visa to enter Mexico. That list includes Ecuador and Brazil, and it allows immigrants to fly into those countries from the Caribbean, Asia and Africa, to hop-scotch to the U.S., where they would otherwise be stopped.More Related News