DHS Opens New Pathway for Venezuelan Immigrants Under Joint Plan With Mexico

A Texas State Trooper hands out water to group of Venezuelans waiting to be picked up by Border Patrol after illegally crossing the Rio Grande from Mexico into Del Rio, Texas, on June 3, 2021. Charlotte Cuthbertson/The Epoch Times

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is introducing a joint border enforcement plan with Mexico to limit border crossings, allowing up to 24,000 Venezuelans to directly land by air at an interior U.S. port of entry.

On Oct. 12, the two governments announced joint actions to curb rising numbers of undocumented Venezuelans crossing their shared border. With immediate effect, Venezuelans who walk or swim across the border after Oct. 12 will be returned to Mexico under Trump-era policy Title 42, which allows for the swift expulsion of most unauthorized border crossers.