From there, they are transported to the site, before being registered and leaving Panama for the United States.
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Gimenez, a Cuban-born congressman who sits on the Homeland Security and Armed Services committees, said officials gather between 1500 and 2000 people a day in the village.
“People come out of the jungle in this village, flood this village and then go on their way. They come to the United States because the door is open and that’s why we’re here,” he added.
He then showed a means of closing support with the support of the UN, the United States and Panama, which he said was better organized than the people.
“It’s a stopover before they continue their adventure north, and despite everything when they arrive at the border with Costa Rica, they release them and pass through Costa Rica, Central America and then the United States,” he said.
The jungle on the border with Panama, July 10, 2023. (Rep. Carlos Gimenez)
The video comes amid fears that a sharp drop in the record number of migrant encounters at the southern border that followed the end of Title 42 on May 11 is not sustainable and that a surge in traffic is imminent, especially the usually busy summer. . month.
Biden’s management has implemented several measures it says are helping reduce the record numbers seen in 2021, 2022 and early 2023, and has linked a 70% drop in meetings to those policies. They come with an asylum rule that prohibits asylum to immigrants. if they have entered illegally and have passed through other countries and have not yet applied for asylum there.
It has also expanded legal asylum channels, adding permits for more than 1,400 migrants per day through the CBP One app, while transporting up to 30,000 migrants per month from some countries, adding Venezuela. It has also established regional processing centers in Central America.
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Rep. Carlos Gimenez visits a migrant camp in Panama on July 10, 2023. (Rep. Carlos Gimenez)
In April, the United States announced with Panama and Colombia a crusade to end illegal immigration through the Darien Gap, adding investments to poverty and ending the “illicit movement of other people and goods” in the region.
Republicans have accused Biden’s administration of encouraging migrants to enter the U. S. border. The U. S. government has expanded the use of catch and release, reduced domestic law enforcement, and reversed Trump-era policies, such as border wall construction and migrant coverage protocols (MPPs), that kept migrants in Mexico while they made their asylum claims heard.
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Meanwhile, several Republican states have followed the asylum rule and a pre-Title 42 policy, which has noted that immigrants are released at U. S. hearing dates. U. S. due to overcrowding.
Gimenez said the migrants he met intended to continue until they reached the United States.
“Everyone I’ve talked to here needs to move to the United States, and about 95 percent of the other people I am are from Venezuela, so it’s a very bad situation,” he said.
Fox News’ Matteo Cina contributed to this report.
Adam Shaw is a political reporter for Fox News Digital, covering immigration and border security.
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