99 point nine% of russians and ucranians trying to enter through mexico. It's a lot easier to have access to the asylum process once you're already in the us. The car situation isn't really working out as much, so some people are just driving there by force. For those who make it through the border successfully, what happens to them once they get in? You tell a board official that you're afraid to go back to your country,. You have a credible fear interview, or where you kind of establish why, or fleing up. They buy you scars, but they're not total junkers.
The US southern border remains closed to asylum seekers on account of Covid-19, unless you happen to be Ukrainian.
This episode was produced by Haleema Shah and Hady Mawajdeh, engineered by Paul Mounsey, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, and edited by Matt Collette and host Sean Rameswaram.
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