The recent decision by US President Donald Trump to reduce work permits for migrants to 18 months, down from the previous five-year duration, also affects asylum seekers, beneficiaries of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), refugees, migrants under Temporary Protected Status (TPS), and other humanitarian categories.

The measure, taken on December 4, is part of an update to the Employment Authorization Document (EAD) program by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and applies to both renewals and new applications.

Trump seeks to strengthen security in the country by conducting more frequent reviews of immigrants’ eligibility.

The federal agency has indicated that “applicants should submit their renewals well in advance to avoid interruptions in employment authorization, although permits issued before December 4 will remain valid until their expiration.”

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Migrants who are unbanked in their host country in Latin America due to lack of residence permits and other irregularities have found in cryptocurrencies a way to send remittances to their loved ones without restrictions.

An ally in the region is the CryptoMKT platform, which, like most others, offers the possibility of registration simply with an ID and email address.

Through this tool, migrants have access to Bitcoin, Ethereum, or stablecoins like USDT. “In addition, the platform offers simplified verification, video tutorials, and personalized support.”

Hundreds of people in this situation in Latin America can send money to their home country, paying low fees, quickly and securely.

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Joe Biden announced the extension of work permits for migrants who are currently in the process of obtaining a Green Card, TPS, and other benefits.

According to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the measure will take effect on January 13, 2025, just seven days before the end of his administration and the beginning of a second term for President-elect Donald Trump.

“The final rule granting this new benefit will support American employers, foster economic growth, and improve access and employment authorization for eligible individuals by permanently increasing the automatic extension period of employment authorization and employment authorization documentation from up to 180 days to up to 540 days for eligible foreign nationals who timely submit an application to renew their work permit,” according to the Office of Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS).

The resolution is the result of the backlog of cases currently held by USCIS, according to José Guerrero, an immigration attorney practicing in Miami, Florida. By the end of June of this year, the agency “had accumulated more than 9.2 million benefit applications, according to its database.”

USCIS clarified that “renewal applicants eligible for an automatic extension of the EAD are responsible for submitting documents showing that they continue to have employment authorization.”

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The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) announced this Tuesday through an official statement that it will provide additional aid to Venezuelans and other vulnerable migrants.

The document states: “Today, at the third Ministerial Meeting of the Los Angeles Declaration on Migration and Protection, held in Guatemala City, Guatemala, the United States announced that it will provide almost $578 million in humanitarian, development and economic assistance. This funding will help partner countries and host communities respond to urgent humanitarian needs, expand legal migration pathways, and support the regularization and integration of migrants. That figure includes $459 million in humanitarian assistance for vulnerable populations, including migrants, refugees and displaced people, across the region, including nearly $83 million in humanitarian assistance funding through USAID to meet the most pressing needs. of vulnerable Venezuelans.”

This USAID humanitarian aid will be channeled toward “emergency food and nutritional assistance to Venezuelan migrants and refugees and host communities throughout the region.”

In addition, urgently needed medical aid, food assistance, water, improved sanitation services, hygiene education and hygiene supplies will be provided to vulnerable populations residing in Venezuela.

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At the beginning of 2023, the Canadian government spoke of expanding the reception of migrants from the Western Hemisphere. In this sense, the Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship of the country, Marc Miller, indicated this Wednesday that they are ready to receive 11 thousand migrants from Venezuela, Haiti and Colombia.

People who wish to enter Canada must have resident or Canadian family members in the territory, according to Miller, who pointed out that the objective is to provide greater security to these refugees.

The minister detailed on his account on the social network X: “Earlier this year, we announced that we would welcome, on a humanitarian basis, 15,000 migrants from the Western Hemisphere. We offer a path to economic opportunities to help address forced displacement as an alternative”.

IN this sense, it is confirmed that for the fall of this year, foreigners from Colombia, Venezuela and Haiti who meet the requirements of having family members on Canadian soil or who are already citizens of the country, may be eligible for entry.

“In addition to fulfilling our commitment to host 15,000 migrants, we continue to play an active role in migration and protection issues. We are on track to fulfill our commitment to increase resettlement,” details the official statement.

Canada is open to being part of the solution to the migration crisis faced by countries in the region.

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The metropolis of New York launched a census aimed at the population of recent immigrant arrivals over 18 years of age, in order to identify those who meet the requirements to apply for work permits.

Mayor Eric Adams told workers at the city’s immigrant shelters that they are conducting this survey among the approximately 40,000 asylum seekers over the age of 18 under his care.

Thousands of jobs are said to be available both in the city and in the agricultural fields of the north of the state, but only for those who have a work permit, which must be linked to an asylum application.

To date, the city has tested more than 10,000 immigrants, an effort that will continue over the next two weeks, according to Adams.

According to data provided by the Mayor’s Office, in 16 months more than 113,300 immigrants have been admitted to the public shelter system, and of these, more than 59,900 still remain under the city’s care.

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The International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) detailed in a recent report that more than four million people from Venezuela have serious problems meeting their basic needs once they leave the country.

The latest analysis on the needs of refugees and migrants in 2023 reveals that despite the efforts of host countries to regularize and integrate all these people, the global and regional crisis especially affects those who leave Venezuela, who are also at risk. of being victims of abuse, human trafficking, forced recruitment and gender violence.

Thus, although “regularization initiatives in the region are the path to a dignified life,” as pointed out by the joint special representative of the IOM and UNHCR for Venezuela, Eduardo Stein, 60% of Venezuelans with proper documentation do not has adequate access to basic rights.

“The fact that half of Venezuelans in the region face barriers to receiving medical care and cannot afford three meals a day or access adequate housing highlights the urgent need for international support,” Stein said.

The study, carried out by the Regional Interagency Coordination Platform for Refugees and Migrants from Venezuela (R4V), shows that despite the “positive results” of these initiatives, a third of Venezuelan refugees in Latin America and the Caribbean have not been able to regularize their situation, which prevents them from accessing well-paid jobs.

This situation has caused, for example, that 19% of the minors of these families have stopped going to school for informal and poorly paid jobs to help the family economy.

“The countries of the region urgently need greater financing,” claims a report, which warns that of the 1.72 billion dollars requested by R4V, barely 12% of these funds have been received.

According to official figures and estimates from host countries and the R4V Platform, until August 2023 there were more than 7.7 million refugees and migrants from Venezuela around the world, of which more than 6.5 million They are found in 17 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean.

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Thousands of migrants without money, or people who lost their jobs due to the Covid-19 pandemic in Southeast Asia, are victims of forced recruitment by cybercriminal mafias under threats.

According to a report by the UN Human Rights Office, thousands of people are recruited by online criminal gangs who, taking advantage of their need for money, threaten families and drag them into perpetuating cybercrime.

It has been estimated, according to a reliable source, about 120,000 people in this situation in Burma, as well as about 100,000 in Cambodia. More cases are not ruled out in Laos, the Philippines and Thailand.

Migrants who do not have money for their subsistence and to attend to the needs of their families are the ones who are normally captured by these mafias and forced, under threats and inhumane treatment, to commit crimes on the Internet, particularly in illegal games, cryptocurrencies scams, fraudulent dating apps, among others.

In this sense, the UN High Commissioner, Volker Turk, considers that these people are victims, not criminals. He pleads for them to be treated that way, given that they are coerced into carrying out these jobs.

The mafias take great advantage of the people they hire by force, since they usually have a university education, speak other languages ​​or have knowledge of the Internet.

Beyond the policies of Southeast Asian countries to combat cybercrime, there are always vulnerabilities and sometimes international standards are not met. Therefore, the victims of this type of abuse can go unnoticed, in addition to being the ones who are normally arrested for online crimes.

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