{"id":5276,"date":"2023-05-14T19:15:42","date_gmt":"2023-05-14T14:15:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/?p=5276"},"modified":"2023-05-14T19:15:44","modified_gmt":"2023-05-14T14:15:44","slug":"us-new-rules-spur-migrants-to-seek-legal-path","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en_gb\/security\/us-new-rules-spur-migrants-to-seek-legal-path\/","title":{"rendered":"US new rules spur migrants to seek legal path"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Matamoros, Mexico, May 14: With tough new asylum rules in place, many migrants on the US-Mexico border were seeking legal routes to enter the United States on Saturday, despite warnings of a chaotic surge in crossings.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gustavo Rodriguez, who fled Venezuela after deserting the military, was among those who saw official channels as offering the best chance of being allowed to stay on US soil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I want to enter legally,&#8221; he told in Matamoros, one of several Mexican cities along the border where thousands of migrants fleeing poverty, crime or persecution are gathered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>US President Joe Biden&#8217;s right-wing opponents predicted a rush across the border after pandemic-era restrictions allowing for immediate expulsion ended at midnight Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So far the surge failed to materialize, though thousands of migrants had tried to enter the United States in the days leading up to the rule changes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That was because anyone crossing the border illegally now faces a five-year ban on applying for legal entry as well as possible criminal charges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Asylum-seekers are supposed to set up an interview appointment through a smartphone application called CBP One or processing centers the US plans in Colombia, Guatemala and other countries.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Matamoros, Mexico, May 14: With tough new asylum rules in place, many migrants on the US-Mexico border were seeking legal routes to enter the United States on Saturday, despite warnings of a chaotic surge in crossings. Gustavo Rodriguez, who fled Venezuela after deserting the military, was among those who saw official channels as offering the [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":5277,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73,2623],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-security","category-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5276"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5276"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5276\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5277"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}