US President Joe Biden says the new policy will apply to asylum-seekers from Cuba, Nicaragua, Haiti and Venezuela.
US President Joe Biden has announced a new plan to accept up to 30,000 migrants each month in a bid to tackle the border crisis.
The US authorities will also expand expulsions under Title 42, a controversial Trump-era policy that has blocked thousands at the US-Mexico border.
The new policy will apply to asylum-seekers from Cuba, Nicaragua, Haiti and Venezuela.
It is modelled on existing programmes for Venezuelans and Ukrainians.
In a speech Thursday, Mr. Biden said the new process is "orderly, safe and humane" and will "substantially reduce" the number of people who attempt to cross the border illegally.
The announcement comes a day after Mr. Biden said he would visit the border next week on his way to Mexico, where he will participate in the North American Leaders' Summit.
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