The Homeland Security Department announced a new effort Wednesday to welcome some Venezuelan migrants but kick others out of the country, reviving a Trump-era policy of forcing some illegal immigrants back over the border into Mexico.
The department said it will accept 24,000 Venezuelans through the new legal avenue, “paroling” them into the country in the same way it has done for Ukrainians.
But those who flout the new program and try to jump the border will be pushed back into Mexico, the department said.
Returning the migrants to Mexico is similar to the Trump-era “Remain in Mexico” program, which saw tens of thousands of would-be asylum seekers returned to Mexico to await their court hearings.