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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
By Ted Hesson

U.S. weighs allowing Venezuelans to apply for special humanitarian entry -sources

FILE PHOTO: Venezuelans take part in a caravan after growing impatient of waiting for the humanitarian visa to cross the country to reach the United States, in Tapachula, in Chiapas state, Mexico June 24, 2022. REUTERS/Jose Torres

The Biden administration is considering allowing some Venezuelans seeking humanitarian entry into the United States to apply from Venezuela or a third country to reduce illegal border crossings, two U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials said on Tuesday.

The program, if implemented, would resemble a similar effort announced in April to bring Ukrainians fleeing the Russian invasion of Ukraine into the United States. Venezuelans caught crossing the U.S.-Mexico border illegally in the past five years would not be eligible, the officials said, requesting anonymity to discuss internal matters.

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