Biden administration rolls out plan for Ukrainian refugees
The
Biden administration announced plans to expedite the arrival of
Ukrainian refugees, creating a new system that will allow ordinary citizens and organizations such as churches to sponsor them and warning that
Ukrainians attempting to cross via
Mexico will be denied entry starting next week.
The announcement comes as more than
5 million people, upward of
10% of Ukraine’s population, have fled to
Poland, Romania and other neighboring countries, intensifying calls for the
Biden administration to admit more into the
United States. The administration is also anxious to control the fast-rising number of refugees from
Ukraine and Latin America showing up unannounced at the
Mexican border seeking entry to the
United States.
