The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is introducing a joint border enforcement plan with Mexico to limit border crossing, allowing up to 24,000 Venezuelans to directly land by air at an interior U.S. port of entry.
On Wednesday, 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 swift expulsion of most unauthorized border crossers.
The campaign includes new checkpoints, resources, joint targeting of human smuggling organizations, and expanded information sharing related to transit nodes, hotels, stash houses, and staging locations….