The U. S. government said it would send officials to Panama to help local authorities establish immigration repatriation mechanisms and train border control manpower. Due to the impact of the epidemic, public security and civil war, the number of immigrants from South America has gradually increased in recent years, putting the United States and Central American countries under great pressure.

Recently, the Biden administration will send American immigration officials to Panama to help them send back Panamanian immigrants who want to enter the United States, according to the CBS News Network. In addition to Panama, there will also be a large number of immigrants from South America to Central America, trying to enter the United States, this year has more than 500,000 people, the highest since the Panama government statistics, and most of them are old and weak women and children.

Homeland Security officials said the teams sent would help the Panamanian government search for and screen migrants, repatriate if not to the United States, and help the Panamanian government, which had not previously established mechanisms, establish repatriation measures and train border managers.

The number of South American immigrants has soared

Connecting Panama and Colombia even pass, the number of immigrants more and more, especially since 2020 from 1 year 6465 people from South America into Central America, so far this year has more than 500000 people, this also led to the us border has recorded about 2 million illegal immigrants into the United States, biden hope Central America countries can assist in immigrants, there are nine countries agreed, and signed a contract with the U. S. government, but the effect is still limited.

NPR noted that the number of immigrants fleeing to the United States in the past three years reached a new high due to the epidemic, the corrupt security in Central American countries and the civil war in Venezuela. Although the Biden government signed contracts with Central American countries and strengthened border management and crackdown, but it was unable to reduce the number.

Doctors Without Borders warned that many immigrants were women and children and were vulnerable to rape and their lives on the way.