Venezuelans shamelessly entering the US under lax Biden border policies now say they want Trump to be president

At least a million Venezuelans have entered the US under President Biden's border policies, but now some claim to support rival Donald Trump, who has said he would deport millions of others like them if he wins re-election. 

The unexpected support for former President Trump is being shouted from the digital rooftops of social media. 

But there's also inevitable push-back from those who point out migrants are benefiting from Democrat Joe Biden's policies. They also highlight that Republican Trump has promised to end many of those protections should he get back into the White House.

'On Day 1 of my new administration, I will seal the border, stop the invasion of people pouring through our border and send Joe Biden's illegal aliens back home where they belong,' Trump promised during a May rally, according to ABC News. 

'They have got to be sent home.'

From his social media megaphone to 4.5 million followers, Javier Hala Madrid, a Venezuelan who's been living in the US for years, mocks Biden supporters, picking apart why he believes they're wrong to support the incumbent. 

'Ask yourself, are you better off now or before,' Madrid asked in a May video post.

He showed a graphic with the consumer price index under Biden and under Trump-- showing what he claimed was a better economy during the Trump Administration.

Prices have risen sharply since Biden took office, although inflation was already picking up steam as Trump exited, thanks to the COVID pandemic.  

Madrid also pushed against what he called the 'false narrative' that the former president is anti-immigrant. 

'Correction, before leaving office Donald Trump, before leaving office, was the one who authorized protections so that Venezuelans wouldn't be deported and work permits,' he stated.

He was referring to the Deferred Enforced Departure, DED, program Trump passed in the final days of his first term, reported Politico.

It offered temporary legal status to Venezuelans fleeing the humanitarian crisis brought on by Nicolás Maduro’s regime-- meaning no deportations and work permits for those who qualified.

'I'm pro-immigrant, but I'm against illegal immigration,' Madrid added.

He played a video of Trump saying he's against illegal immigration, not legal immigration.

Trump himself has famously married two migrants - Czech first wife Ivana, who died in 2022 and Slovenian third wife Melania. 

'The problem is many Hispanics believe the Democrats when they say time and again, "We're going to have immigration reform. We're going to have immigration reform," You believe it every election, but they never do it. They lie to you and manipulate you,' the South American influencer stated.

'At least the Republicans don't lie to you. They tell you upfront, "We're not doing immigration reform." I prefer that they don't lie to me.' 

Nearly a million Venezuelans have entered the US under Joe Biden's watch, according to data from US Customs and Border Protection. 

Some 820,579 citizens of Venezuela crossed into the US through the nation's borders, entering illegally, but then immediately seeking out Border Patrol agents so they could surrender and make an asylum claim.

While an unknown number have been deported, the vast majority have been allowed to stay legally while the courts get a chance to rule on their asylum cases-- a process that could take years.  

The 820,579 figure also includes Venezuelans who have come into the US legally through a port of entry with a CBP One appointment, which is the government's preferred way for migrants traveling to America's southern border to claim asylum. 

An additional 106,100 Venezuelans have been granted humanitarian parole from the Biden program, according to the administration. 

Trump has indicated he would end almost all the programs Biden has offered Venezuelans seeking asylum if he won: including use of the CBP One App, humanitarian parole for Venezuelans, and give-ups at the border, where migrants enter illegally but surrender to Border Patrol agents so they can make an asylum claim.

Biden's border policies, which have lead to a historic, record-breaking 10 million migrants from crossing the US border, according to the federal government, are not popular with the migrants who feel too many people are getting in.

'They're the ones complaining from the Biden policies,' Vazquez quipped. 

'My clients say, "Where I live, we're getting so many of the people who made us leave Venezuela. Now, they're living next to us, they're our neighbors. They're ruining our image for us. They're ruining our reputation, our name." Really the open border policies have harmed them.'

Vazquez points to Venezuelans involved in high-profile crimes, like the two men accused of killing and raping a 12-year-old girl in Houston, as examples of the bad actors who should not be allowed into the country.

A Trump presidency, he believes, would add much needed filters that good migrants, who just want to work and follow the law, want. 

'There's this notion or misconception that's driven by the mainstream media that Trump is against immigrants...that immigrants wouldn't fall in line with his policies, but it's the opposite,' explained immigration attorney Rolando Vazquez.

The Miami attorney, known as the 'Angel of the Border' due to his reputation for frequently winning asylum cases for migrants, was born in the US to Mexican parents. 

His wife was born in Venezuela and is now a citizen. They are both devoted supporters of Trump who are frequent guests at Mar-a-Lago.

'Immigrants tend to be very Christian, conservative, not progressive, and so those ideologies fall in line with the Republican party,' Vazquez said.

'Also, that fact that (Trump) is against communism. They're suffering from this political ideology in their home country, that's what has made them flee to the United States.'

Among the attorney's hundreds of thousands of Instagram followers, he says his clients support Trump even if they can't vote for him. 

Just this week, he put out a last-minute call for volunteers for a Doral, Florida event for Trump's campaign. 

Even though people had less than a 24-hour notice, 60 of his followers signed up to work the Trump event.

'Some of my clients, they're not eligible to vote, but they can show their support and manifest that support in different ways.'