While Ukrainian refugees benefit from temporary protection allowing them to enter American soil, Russian refugees remain stranded on the Mexican side of the border, like asylum seekers from other countries.
The flow of Ukrainian and Russian refugees to the US-Mexico border began to increase as early as 2021 and has increased further since the start of the war in Ukraine, points out Time magazine.
Since March 3, Ukrainians residing in the United States have been granted temporary protected status that allows them to remain on American soil. On March 11, this temporary protection was extended to Ukrainians wishing to enter the country.
All other asylum seekers must remain on the Mexican side of the border under ‘Title 42’, the public health order that allows border officials to turn away asylum seekers and migrants for health reasons .
As this report fromThe country in Tijuana, “Ukrainian and Russian refugees began thronging the U.S.-Mexico border last week, only to run into the bureaucratic wall put in place by Donald Trump and perpetuated by his successor, Joe Biden.”
But the offensive in Ukraine has moved the lines in Washington, notes the Spanish newspaper, “from now on the holders of a Ukrainian passport who present themselves at the border can enter American territory. On March 13, eleven Ukrainians were able to cross the borderdetails the daily. On March 14, they were nine”.
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