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Biden's global migrant crisis: 5,000 Ukrainians, 32,396 from Cuba, 5,000 from India and 1,989 from China were among the 249,198 stopped trying to enter the U.S. in March as pressure grows to delay lifting Title 42
 [Daily Mail, Where America Gets Its News] - The number of Ukrainians trying to illegally enter the U.S. soared in March compared to previous times
- Russia's unprovoked and illegal invasion of Ukraine has forced more than 10 million to flee their homes
- Roughly 88,000 migrants from outside the Northern Triangle of Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador were encountered by officials last month
- A total 249,198 people were detained trying to come into the U.S. by land, air or sea in March
- A growing chorus of Democrats are working to stop Biden from ending COVID-era expulsion policy Title 42
- The Michigan Democrat Sen. Gary Peters told The Hill that he has privately raised concerns with Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and other administration officials about the May 23 expiry
- Peters chairs both the Homeland Security committee and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
- He said he wants to give Biden time to detail a plan for handling the likely onslaught of migrants
- If they do not have a plan, he said the Biden administration should 'revisit' ending the policy
- Migrant crossings at the Mexican border surged to the highest number in over two decades last month
Posted by: Skidmark 2022-04-20 |
