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The Texas Tribune
The Texas Tribune
National
William Melhado

U.S. will begin turning many Venezuelan migrants back to Mexico

A family from Venezuela crosses the Rio Grande near a temporary border patrol processing center on October 6, 2022 in El Paso, TX. Record numbers of migrants, mostly from Venezuela, began arriving at the US/Mexico border this month.
A group of migrants from Venezuela crosses the Rio Grande toward a temporary border patrol processing facility on Oct. 6 in El Paso. (Credit: Jordan Vonderhaar for The Texas Tribune)

The Biden administration plans to turn most Venezuelan migrants crossing the southern border back to Mexico, which was previously not allowed, the Department of Homeland Security announced Wednesday.

The border policy also creates a pathway to bring as many as 24,000 “qualified” Venezuelans into the country. The plan includes a joint effort by the United States and Mexico to crack down on human smuggling operations by establishing new migration checkpoints and additional resources to target trafficking operations.

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