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Thousands of Ukrainian refugees make last minute dash to cross the border into US before Biden's midnight deadline to shut down the informal route from Mexico
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] - Refugees try to reach US before Biden administration forces fleeing Ukrainians to apply online with a sponsor
- Tijuana border crossing was the site of up to 6,000 foreign nationals hoping to reach America Sunday night
- But at midnight DC time - 9pm in Tijuana - foot crossings were stopped and 'Uniting for Ukraine' rules came in
- That means 'streamlined' applications for many - but hundreds stranded and forced to sleep at local church
- Ukrainian refugees had been exempt from Trump's Title 42 border restriction against Covid, but no longer
- Nearly 15,000 undocumented Ukrainians have entered the US since the Russian invasion, mostly via Mexico
- Title 42 will be raised on May 23, but 21 states including Florida are suing the Biden administration to extend it
Posted by: Skidmark 2022-04-25 |
