Migrants Along Border Say They ‘Want Biden to Win’ 2024 Election; Report: Migrants in Mexico want Biden to win so they can stroll into US

Report: Migrants Along Border Say They ‘Want Biden to Win’ 2024 Election:

Migrants at the United States-Mexico border say they “want [President Joe] Biden to win” the 2024 presidential election, while others hope to get released into the nation’s interior before election day — knowing their chances will be nearly eliminated under a second term of former President Donald Trump.

In interviews with The Free Press’s Peter Savodnik, migrants waiting to cross the southern border said they vastly prefer Biden to Trump in this year’s election, primarily because they say their chances of being freed into the U.S. interior are high with the current administration.

With Trump, though, they see those chances as disappearing.

“I want Biden to win,”45-year-old Daniel Cortez of Honduras, currently living in a migrant camp in northern Mexico, told Savodnik.

Richard Betancourt, a 46-year-old Venezuelan citizen also living at the migrant camp, said, “If it’s Trump, it doesn’t matter how much I work or want to work, they won’t let me in.”

Alejandra Falcon, a 26-year-old Venezuelan citizen, said she is waiting to use the magic words — “credible fear” — to get into the U.S. after scheduling a border appointment via Biden’s “CBP One” mobile app. —>READ MORE HERE

Report: Migrants in Mexico want Biden to win so they can stroll into U.S.:

Amid the wait at the southern U.S. border, many migrants back the reelection of President Biden, anticipating stricter policies should former President Donald Trump return to the White House, according to a new report.

“If it’s Trump, it doesn’t matter how much I work or want to work. They won’t let me in,” pipe fitter Richard Betancourt, 46, told The Free Press as he waited with hundreds of others to cross into the U.S. from Matamoros, Mexico.

Mr. Trump’s administration was marked by efforts to reduce immigrant entry through limits on visas and green card issuances, in addition to hundreds of miles of border wall. Following his departure from office, statistics from The Washington Post show that illegal crossings witnessed a significant rise, recording an unprecedented peak of 2.2 million in 2022.

Since Mr. Biden‘s inauguration in January 2021, illegal immigrants have exceeded the population of 36 states, totaling 7.3 million, reported Fox News.

Mr. Biden initially planned to revoke Title 42 — allowing immediate expulsion of migrants at the border — and permit entry to those claiming credible fear in their home countries, followed by court appearance tickets. But The Free Press noted that these cases can take years to reach the courtroom, during which time migrants can relocate across the U.S., complicating immigration oversight. —>READ MORE HERE

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