The administration has responded to concerns about ucranians by a, first of all, reported the stopping deportations to ucrane and surrounding countries. And they've also directed border officials to consider not putting ucranian in title forty two to allow them to apply for asylum in the us. Through the normal process.
The US southern border remains closed to asylum seekers on account of Covid-19, unless you happen to be Ukrainian.
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