Two days after the revocation of the so-called "title 42" - introduced during the pandemic and which allowed the immediate expulsion of people who crossed the border irregularly - the US fears an unstoppable wave of migration from Central and South America.
Although the flow in these first 48 hours was lower than the authorities expected, according to CNN arrivals at the border could reach 14,<> units a day, a number difficult to manage for border authorities and courts, called to examine asylum claims.
Looking at Mexico alone, according to data from UNHCR, the UN refugee agency, at least 250,225 requests have arrived from the country. This year, the U.S. Department of Security has carried out 483,170 deportations and repatriations, up from 896,2022 in the same period in <>.
The alert therefore remains high, not only in the cities on the border between countries, but also further north: in New York hospitality facilities are exhausted. Despite criticism of Mayor Eric Adams and State Governor Kathy Hochul, accused of being able to handle the problem only on the emergency footprint, the conversion of the Roosevelt Hotel in New York into a shelter capable of welcoming migrant families with children who continue to arrive in the city has been authorized.
The luxurious building, closed three years ago during the Covid pandemic after more than a century of activity, in the intentions of the mayor will also have to provide legal, medical and assistance for family reunification. Asylum seekers, arriving by bus or airport, will be directed to this new reception centre. The hotel, 19 floors and a thousand rooms, joins the other 120 that the city has already contracted to host refugees.
New York has welcomed more than 65,30 migrants since last August and more than <>,<> are housed in shelters that also provide food and various services: numbers that have contributed to creating a humanitarian and economic crisis in the city of the great American dream.
Part of Biden's upcoming election campaign and his future antagonist is also at stake on the issue of migrants. The current president of the United States, who had pledged to dismantle the Trumpian line on the subject, revealed, according to several rumors, an even harder punch than his predecessor.
Under the aegis of the Democratic president, in fact, laws have been passed - which have split the party in two - which prohibit migrants from seeking asylum without having previously applied for refugee status in another country before entering the United States.
"The massive invasion on the southern border is unprecedented. It's absolutely crazy": this is how Trump commented, from his personal social Truth, the Biden administration.
Finally, Ron De Santis, governor of Florida, also wants to exploit the theme in the electoral campaign: the possible Republican candidate for the 2024 presidential elections intends to ride the migrant emergency to attack Biden and rival Trump.
The issue of migration was also at the center of the conversation at the White House between US President Joe Biden and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on May 12. "We both have a similar vision on how to deal with the fight against irregular migration, and the best thing, in order to build an orderly and respectful migration system", "is to foment positive incentives for legal migration," Sanchez said in a press point after the meeting.
The leader referred to the new mechanism for the relocation of people with refugee status who will be able to arrive in Spain according to the needs of the Spanish labor market.
In this regard, Sanchez explained that a limit of migrants that Spain will be able to accept has not been set but that this will depend precisely on the demands of the labor market. "We are giving an innovative response to fight against the mafias that traffic human beings", the "message we give is to strengthen regular migration", added the Spanish leader.
Spain will also support the creation of centers in Colombia and Guatemala, where migrants can apply to enter the United States, Spain or Canada. Madrid has made it clear that it will welcome migrants who have already received international protection status according to the needs of its labour market.