Biden wants Central America to do the job he refuses to do with illegals

 Washington Examiner:

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While the Biden administration has said migrants should not come to the U.S., the number of people attempting to cross the southern border illegally has risen sharply over the past eight months. Some 30,000 Haitian migrants streamed into Del Rio, Texas, with a further 60,000 expected to arrive in Texas in the coming weeks.

The administration has faced criticism for its handling of the border crisis, and for deporting people to a country still reeling from the assassination of its late president and an earthquake that killed 2,000 people. Last month, Biden’s point person on Haiti, former Special Envoy Daniel Foote, resigned.

Still, migration protocols in the region have abetted the flow towards the U.S. for years.

Migrants crossing the Panamanian border with Colombia typically spend a few weeks in Panama before traveling north to Costa Rica, their path eased, in part, due to an agreement between the two countries to manage the flow. Migration authorities in Panama facilitate the transport of northbound migrants so long as they have a valid passport. Most of the migrants are Cuban or Haitian . The U.S. has long viewed the process as an early warning system.

The senior official said Washington remains in “very close communication” with Colombia and Panama but suggested it is looking to broaden accountability among Central American countries.

“We’re shifting to having a regional conversation,” he said, describing a “collaborative approach.”

He added: “You want a functioning border, but you also want to create alternatives to individuals that are taking that dangerous journey.”

One example may include extending in-country processing for people seeking U.S. asylum.

“We’re not just making sure that governments have secured their borders but are also upholding their own asylum and refugee obligations,” the official said.

Some said the Biden administration has done too little, too late.

Brandon Judd, the president of the Border Patrol union, told the Washington Examiner last month that the government had all the warning signs in place to know an unprecedentedly large group was headed to the border but did not act.

The National Border Patrol Council’s Del Rio, Texas, chapter asked the government in June to plan how it would process the tens of thousands of Haitians expected to cross the border in coming months.

“Not only did they ignore [our] suggestion, they gave [us] an excuse that they have more efficient processes. But they didn’t implement any efficient process,” he said.

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This is the same administration whose first response to the illegal migration was to say the migrants were citizens of the very country that has become a transit point after Biden announced his open borders policy.  He is now putting those countries on the same spot he has American border residents who have to deal with the influx he caused.