In light of the recent flow of immigrants coming from Central America to the U.S. borders, authorities were urged to plan out a process asking the United Nations (U.N.) in filtering migrants. The migrants who are from hostile countries will undergo the process in hopes of minimizing the number of those entering the U.S. borders.

Fox News Latino reports that the Obama administration has revealed a partnership with the U.N. in light of the migrants coming from Latin American countries crossing the southern border with Mexico. Although nothing is final yet, it has been revealed that immigrants fleeing to seek political asylum from a hostile country will have the opportunity to apply for refugee status.

Since thousands are expected to arrive, The New York Times reports that the new refugee resettlement program will be reported in detail by Secretary of State John Kerry this Wednesday in Washington. However, the publication reveals that the plan is to set up processing centers in the U.S. borders and nearby countries to effectively respond to the thousands of migrants seeking refuge.

Currently, the administration has revealed that an estimated 9,000 migrants will be fleeing this year in the U.S., seeking to be resettled and given political asylum. By February, the administration expects the number to be higher compared to last year.

"We want to do our utmost to honor humanitarian claims but also to protect the border," an anonymous senior administration official said as quoted by the publication.

The news comes after a highly criticized immigration raid kicked off earlier this month in light of the Obama administration's orders to detain and deport undocumented immigrants inside the U.S. According to recent reports, a total of 121 immigrants were already deported.

However, this brought a lot of negative comments from several groups and pro-migrant supporters, who are urging immigrants to keep their doors closed in case an agent from the Department of Homeland Security comes by to search their houses.

"The administration needs to go in a different direction," Representative Steny H. Hoyer of Maryland, the No. 2 House Democrat, said at a news conference on Tuesday as quoted by the news agency. "Yes, send a message but do not send a message by putting literally hundreds of thousands, perhaps millions, of people in fear."

Furthermore, Representative Zoe Lofgren, Democrat of California, said, "Deportation is not going to deter you if your dad was just murdered, your husband was just murdered, your brother was just murdered, and now they are coming for you."

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