Immigrant boat capsizes in the US

According to the statement from the San Diego Police Department, the incident occurred on the “Playa de los Negros” and 8 people died.

Search and rescue efforts began last night under heavy fog. Helicopter flights could not be carried out due to the fog that made the work difficult.

One of the survivors said the overturned migrant boat came from Mexico.

IMMIGRATION TO USA

Immigrants to the US, usually via South America, cross using the land border with Mexico.

According to the California Public Policy Institute, there are 11 million illegal immigrants in California alone, which is about 22 percent of the state’s population.

The US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced that the number of irregular migrants apprehended at the border with Mexico in December 2022 increased by 40 percent compared to the same period from last year, to 251,487.

US President Joe Biden said on January 5 that immigrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela could be admitted to the United States under the decision allowing them to remain in the country temporarily for urgent humanitarian reasons.

Biden affirmed that approximately 30,000 immigrants will be accepted per month under this framework and announced that immigrants will be able to live and work in the country for 2 years if they apply online, pay for their plane tickets and find financial sponsors. (AA)