Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas announced Wednesday that nearly half a million Venezuelan illegal immigrants would be allowed to live and work legally in the country.
Axios reported on the issue and extremely downplayed it as a matter of just “thousands” in the headline of an article that referred to 472,000 Venezuelans who will now become the beneficiaries of an extension of Temporary Protected Status (TPS).
The extension will now apply to illegal aliens from Venezuela who arrived before July 31, 2023. The previous qualifying date was March 8, 2021.
Mayorkas explained in a statement that TPS “provides individuals already present in the United States with protection from removal when conditions in their home country prevent their safe return.”
BREAKING: Biden admin. Gives half a million illegal Venezuelan migrants legal status and work permits https://t.co/eMCnZAuuYT
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) September 21, 2023
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Hundreds of thousands of Venezuelan illegal aliens have been allowed to stay
Mayorkas’ announcement comes on the same day that videos emerged on social media showing thousands of Venezuelan illegal aliens casually crossing the border into Texas.
On Wednesday, Fox News reporter Bill Melugin posted images and video showing what he describes as “a total free for all” in Eagle Pass, Texas.
“There is over an hour and a half of mass illegal crossing taking place,” he wrote on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter. “Nearly two years ago we saw more than 15,000 Haitians under the bridge in Del Rio, now we have thousands of mostly Venezuelans gathered under the Eagle Pass Bridge.”
It is currently completely free for everyone in Eagle Pass. A massive illegal crossing takes place that lasts more than an hour and a half. Nearly two years ago we saw more than 15,000 Haitians under the bridge in Del Rio, now we have thousands of mostly Venezuelans gathering under the Eagle Pass Bridge. pic.twitter.com/VkfUQnexGZ
— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) September 20, 2023
Mayorkas claims that Venezuelan illegal immigrants who arrive after July 31, 2023, will not be granted temporary protection to live and work in the United States.
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“It is critical that Venezuelans understand that those who arrived here after July 31, 2023, will not be eligible for such protections, and will instead be removed if they are found to have no legal basis to stay,” he stressed .
Those featured in the video don’t seem too concerned about the threat. You can see them smiling and waving as they cross the border illegally.
And the illegal border invasion has not stopped today.
Eagle Pass, Texas now. The illegal crossings started before dawn and have not stopped. pic.twitter.com/lvJShQTBis
— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) September 21, 2023
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Karine Jean-Pierre runs as fast as she can from questions about thousands of people crossing illegally
The Biden administration has expanded the list of countries whose residents can receive temporary protected status since January 2021.
In addition to Venezuela, other countries on the list eligible for TPS protection include Afghanistan, Cameroon, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Haiti, Honduras, Myanmar, Nepal, Nicaragua, Syria, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Ukraine and Yemen .
On Thursday, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre was not particularly interested in answering questions about the thousands of Venezuelan illegal aliens crossing the border.
“What do you call it here in the White House when 10,000 people cross the border illegally in one day?” asked Fox News reporter Peter Doocy.
Jean-Pierre first tried to answer with her own irrelevant question, then stomped her foot like a petulant child and hopped over Doocy together.
INCREDIBLE: Karine Jean-Pierre just flat out refused to answer questions from Fox News’ Peter Doocy after visiting him.
She interrupts him, shuts him down and continues. pic.twitter.com/pGyrqPhNj0
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) September 21, 2023
Of course, she’s probably dodging the question because it not only reflects poorly on the government as a whole, but also on her for lying so often about border security in recent months.
Just last month, she claimed that President Joe Biden “has done more to secure the border and address this immigration issue than anyone else.”
Jena-Pierre even added her own equivalent of the president’s “no joke”: “He really has!”
Karine Jean-Pierre: “The president has done more to secure the border and address this immigration issue than anyone else. He really has that!”
Do you agree with her? 😂pic.twitter.com/h24rASooiS
— Proud Elephant 🇺🇸🦅 (@ProudElephantUS) August 31, 2023
More than anyone else, Biden has deliberately opened the border to invasions from any country in the world.
The non-stop videos and images reveal the truth.
They send illegal immigrants to the United States by train.
It must end. It really needs to end. pic.twitter.com/dfqe7tG7Ff
— Lavern Spicer 🇺🇸 (@lavern_spicer) September 21, 2023
The crisis at the border has gone way too far.
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