Russians are blocked at US border, Ukrainians are admitted

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

About three dozen would-be asylum seekers from Russia found themselves blocked from entering the U.S. on Friday while a group of Ukrainians flashed passports and were escorted across the border.

The scene reflected a quiet but unmistakable shift in the differing treatment of Russians and Ukrainians who enter Mexico as tourists and fly to Tijuana, hoping to enter the U.S. for a chance at asylum.

The Russians — 34 as of Friday — had been camped several days at the busiest U.S border crossing with Mexico, two days after city of Tijuana officials gently urged them to leave.

They sat on mats and blankets, checking smartphones, chatting and snacking, with sleeping bags and strollers nearby as a stream of pedestrian border crossers filed past them. Five young girls sat and talked in a circle, some with stuffed animals.

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https://www.yahoo.com/news/russians-blocked-us-border-ukrainians-221951267.html

[Cha]

1. Putin did that to the Russians.

💙💛

[Samrob]

2. Send the one here already back home to Putin. Send the Trumps with them.

[maxsolomon]

8. Russian immigrants have been in America for decades.

They're weirdos sometimes, but in no way deserving of expulsion.

Kind of surprised that xenophobic opinion would be on DU.

[Tickle]

3. Who's stopping them nt

[Maraya1969]

4. I feel like we should not take Putin's evil out on regular Russians. They probably did nothing

wrong.

[rockfordfile]

12. I would be-careful. They should be checked out. There's no telling what Russia will try to do

We have a election this year.

[roamer65]

5. How do we know if they aren't GRU or FSB?

Keep them out until their backgrounds are fully checked.

[BComplex]

6. After trump's 4-years, I would bet all I have that we, the USA, is crawling with russian assets.

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Hell! We've got 50 of them as United States senators!

And fux nooz is crawling with them spreading russian propaganda openly.

I say probably only the honest ones are going to try to seek asylum. The bad russian guys will be brought in by the russian assets already in the USA.

That's what I think, anyway.

[roamer65]

7. Yup.

Given all the leaks from Russia, I think Putler’s staff is crawling with American ones as well.

Dollars talk.

[dalton99a]

18. +1.

[maxsolomon]

9. Let them in.

We're going to have to accept refugees fleeing Putin's oppression. Why wouldn't we?

[rockfordfile]

13. No. They must be checked out.

[maxsolomon]

23. OK, once they're "checked out", then?

Putin has plenty of spies in country already. I don't think Russia needs to send in saboteurs through the asylum system.

[Gore1FL]

10. I think we need to allow people safety. nt

[herding cats]

11. I'm sorry.

They need extra vetting, I get that. It's not on them, it's on Putin for creating this historic nightmare he's so very proud of right this moment.

Most Russians aren't seeking out the US right now as their sanctuary, mercifully.

[Irish_Dem]

14. Putin is waging a ruthless war against the West. We must take sensible precautions.

The GOP greatly aided Putin here in the US.

Time to come out of collective denial about this and be smart.

[Roisin Ni Fiachra]

15. +1

[Oneironaut]

16. This is sad. They deserve to be treated equally.

Putin’s war isn’t their faults.

[dalton99a]

20. No free pass for Russian passport holders. Who is bombing them and forcing them from their land?

No one is attacking Russia.

[dalton99a]

17. No automatic admittance for Russians. They must be detained and scrutinized.

[Oneironaut]

19. Would you detain and scrutinize mothers? Children?

What do you mean by “detain and scrutinize?” If we’re in the business of traumatizing children, then, we are the bad guys.

[dalton99a]

21. Ukrainians are war refugees. Russians should be treated as illegal immigrants

If the Russians want to ask for asylum, they must prove their case

[WhiskeyGrinder]

22. Garbage policy.