As U.S. Welcomes Ukrainian Refugees, Debate Over Border Restrictions Continues

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🗓️ 28 March 2022

⏱️ 16 minutes

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In response to the mounting humanitarian crisis brought on by Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the Biden Administration on Thursday announced that it would allow 100,000 Ukrainian refugees into the United States. Meanwhile, immigration advocates are intensifying their calls on U.S. officials to end Title 42, a Trump-era public health rule that has been used to expel tens of thousands of migrants at the southern border. We'll get the latest on both issues. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:01.0	Coming up on forum, we'll get an update on the Biden administration's decision last week to admit up to 100,000 Ukrainian refugees to the United States. Plus, we talked to Reina Grande about her new novel, A Ballad of Love and Glory, all about the San Patricios, a battalion of Irish soldiers who fought for Mexico during the Mexican-American War,
1:13.3	and how that so-called forgotten war reshaped the U.S. and had a profound impact on Mexican Americans.
1:20.5	Join us after this news. This is Forum. I'm Farida Javala Romero and Formina Kim. In the face of an escalating humanitarian crisis in Ukraine, the Biden administration announced last week
1:46.5	its planning to admit up to 100,000 Ukrainian refugees and other refugees fleeing Russian aggression
1:53.6	into the United States. At the same time, U.S. officials are also under growing pressure to stop
2:00.0	using what's known as Title 42,
2:02.3	the Trump-era policy that has led border officials to turn away and expel thousands of asylum seekers and other migrants,
2:10.4	claiming that it's to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
2:13.5	Joining us to give us an update on both of these issues is Deepa Fernandez, Immigration Reporter for the San Francisco Chronicle. Welcome, Deepa.
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