SAN DIEGO — The Border Patrol arrested Gerardo Henao 14 hours after President Joe Biden suspended asylum processing at the US border with Mexico this week. But instead of being summarily deported, he was dropped off by agents the next day at a San Diego bus stop, where he caught a train to the airport for a flight to Newark, New Jersey.
Henao, who said he left his jewelry business in Medellin, Colombia, because of constant extortion attempts, had one thing working in his favor: a scarcity of deportation flights to that country. Lack of resources, diplomatic limitations and logistical hurdles make it difficult for the Biden administration to impose its sweeping measure on a large scale.
It ends when they average below 1,500 for a week straight.Border officials were told to give the highest priority to detaining migrants who can be easily deported, followed by 'hard to remove' nationalities requiring at least five days to issue travel documents and then 'very hard to remove' nationalities whose governments don't accept US flights.The instructions are laid out in a memo to agents that was reported by the New York Post.
Nationalities Escape Biden's Sweeping Asylum Ban Because Deportation Flights Are Scarce
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