A new program allowing up to 30,000 migrants a month from those countries saw 'significant number' of applications, Alejandro Mayorkas said.
designed to curb illegal border crossings in the face of a lawsuit from Florida and 19 other states challenging the program.in the suit against the Department of Homeland Security that the program allowing up to 30,000 migrants a month from Cuba, Venezuela, Haiti and Nicaragua to live and work in the U.S is an executive power overreach and in violation of federal immigration law.
"Why these states would oppose an enforcement program that is proving successful is beyond my comprehension."the new program had seen a "significant number" of applications and "admitted individuals into the United States" who were granted work authorization. "We've also seen a significant drop in the number of Cubans, Venezuelans, Nicuaraguans and Haitians arriving irregularly in between our ports of entry at the Southern border — nearly a 90% drop in those populations," Mayorkas added. "This is the model that we have built and we will continue to build.
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