ALABAMA - With the help of President Joe Biden's executive orders which imposed stricter asylum rules, the number of Venezuelans trying to cross into the United States has seen a dramatic decrease in recent months.
In an interview with Venezuelan online magazine TalCual, Luis Miranda, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Communications at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said that illegal crossings by Venezuelan nationals has decreased by more than 50% in the three months since the Biden administration established new rules for asylum seekers.
