Asylum in the U.S.

The Centers for Disease Control says it’s ending a policy that limited asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border to prevent the spread of COVID-19

Some immigration rights advocates are wondering why Ukrainians are being let into the country while Title 42, a pandemic-era rule to prevent the spread of COVID, has kept thousands of Haitian and Latin American refugees from crossing over the last two years.

The change in rules empowers asylum officers to grant or deny claims, an authority that has been limited to immigration judges for people arriving at the border with Mexico.

A Ukrainian woman and her three kids who were detained at the San Ysidro Port of Entry after seeking asylum at the border were released Friday and allowed to enter the United States.

A Ukrainian woman and her three children who made their way to Tijuana, Mexico to seek asylum in the U.S. were waiting to cross the border into San Diego on Thursday.