White House Offers Temporary Protection For , Hundreds of Thousands of Venezuelans.<br />'USA Today' reports that the Biden administration <br />has taken a major step toward aiding asylum seekers <br />amid a rise in the number of migrants at the border.<br />'USA Today' reports that the Biden administration <br />has taken a major step toward aiding asylum seekers <br />amid a rise in the number of migrants at the border.<br />The administration has granted temporary <br />legal status to 472,000 Venezuelan migrants <br />who have already entered the United States.<br />The move was praised by Democrats and blasted <br />by Republicans who accuse the administration<br />of exacerbating the situation at the border.<br />The Biden administration is making <br />the border invasion worse. This news <br />will incentivize even more illegal <br />aliens from Venezuela to come, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, via 'USA Today'.<br />The Biden administration is making <br />the border invasion worse. This news <br />will incentivize even more illegal <br />aliens from Venezuela to come, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, via 'USA Today'.<br />White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre countered <br />that while the administration prefers to address the issue in <br />a bipartisan way, it is "doing it in the best way that we can.".<br />White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre countered <br />that while the administration prefers to address the issue in <br />a bipartisan way, it is "doing it in the best way that we can.".<br />'USA Today' reports that at least 7.3 million people <br />have been pushed to migrate from Venezuela amid a decade of political, economic and humanitarian crises. .<br />The White House also announced <br />that an additional 800 military personnel <br />would be deployed at the border.<br />At the same time, the Homeland Security <br />department has extended the validity of work <br />permits for asylum seekers from two to five years.<br />People need to be able to work <br />while they wait for their asylum <br />application to be processed. <br />In some cases, that could <br />take up to a decade, Conchita Cruz, Co-executive director of the <br />Asylum Seeker Advocacy Project, via 'USA Today'.<br />On September 20, in response to an influx <br />of almost 6,000 migrants, the border town of <br />Eagle Pass, Texas, announced a state of emergency
