The Biden administration announced new actions against Nicaragua on May 15 to combat the authoritarian, left-wing Ortega-Murillo regime’s “exploitation” of migrants that they say is exacerbating the illegal immigration crisis in the region.
“The regime sells visas upon arrival at their airports for migrants that require them to leave the country in 96 hours,” said one senior administration official during a call with reporters.
“So they are profiting quite substantially off of facilitation of irregular migrants who ultimately in many cases make their way up towards our Southwest border.”
Senior officials also condemned the regime’s continued repression of Nicaraguans’ human rights and freedom of expression….
