US talking to Mexico, other countries to facilitate return of Venezuelans

Report Issue

Please complete the required fields.

Your Name

Email

Reason (required)
This post contains broken linksPost has incorrect informationPost has spamCopyright IssueOther

Description

Submit

The United States is in talks with Mexico and other countries to facilitate the return of Venezuelans to their homeland, a senior U.S. official said in a call with reporters on Tuesday.
“We’re in discussion with Mexico and other countries to see what can be done in that sense,” said Blas Nunez-Neto, the acting assistant secretary for border and immigration policy.
Nunez-Neto declined to provide details when asked which other countries were in discussion with the United States. Mexico’s foreign ministry did not immediately reply to a request for comment.
The likely discussions involve deporting Venezuelans to a third country and flying them back to Venezuela from there, though Nunez-Neto did not specify. Return flights of Venezuelans from Mexico began last month, Mexican officials told Reuters.
The talks come as Washington is working to wind down Title 42, a COVID-era policy that allows authorities to rapidly send migrants at the U.S. southern border back to Mexico.