A Wave of Ukrainians and Russians at the U.S.-Mexico Border Puts Pressure on Biden's Immigration Res

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Restrictions

A Ukrainian woman, Sofiia, and her three children were finally allowed to cross the United States-Mexico border near Tijuana on the morning of March 11. It was their third attempt to seek asylum in the U.S.

The border agents that had denied Sophiia and her children had cited Title 42, an obscure and controversial public health rule that allows U.S. officials to circumvent the normal trappings of immigration procedure, including asylum interviews. Lawyers with the Center for Gender and Refugee Studies at UC Hastings eventually helped clear their way.

Migrant advocates say Sofiia and her family’s struggle has directed a spotlight on the Biden Administration’s embrace of Title 42, which has been the subject of an ongoing lawsuit against the U.S., at a time when a growing number of Ukrainians and Russians are attempting to request asylum.

According to a TIME analysis of CBP data, the number of encounters between U.S. border agents and Ukrainians and Russians at the U.S.-Mexico border increased 753% between FY2020 and 2021. In FY22 so far, the number of Ukrainians and Russians encountered at the border has already surpassed the previous two years, with the most significant uptick happening in the last six months, as Russia’s threats against Ukraine increased. CPB has not yet provided data for February or early March, making it difficult to more precisely track the influence of the Russian invasion.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/a-wave-of-ukrainians-and-russians-at-the-us-mexico-border-puts-pressure-on-bidens-immigration-restrictions/ar-AAUWVqR

[Layzeebeaver]

1. Percentages mean nothing

You need hard numbers.

[wnylib]

2. Why Russians? Let the Ukrainians in,

but double and triple vet those Russians at the border.

[old as dirt]

3. Deserters?

We can't abandon them.

[wnylib]

4. But we need to vet incoming Russians

very carefully. Not saying to refuse them entry, just to be careful about who they are or might be.

[old as dirt]

5. Right, but wars create deserters.

In my wife's country, more than a hundred thousand children have deserted from various armed factions over the decades.