Thread: Feds Deny Entry to Ukrainian Family at U.S.-Mexico Border Checkpoint

Feds Deny Entry to Ukrainian Family at U.S.-Mexico Border Checkpoint

by RANDY CLARK 10 Mar 2022

A family from Ukraine attempted to enter the United States from Tijuana to seek asylum. The 34-year-old mother, who asked to be identified as Sofia, and her 14, 12, and 6-year-old children were summarily turned away on Wednesday by Customs and Border Protection officials citing Title 42 Coronavirus protections as justification.

A Wednesday report from the San Diego Tribune described the case of Sofia and her three children as they traveled from Ukraine and ultimately to Mexico. Sofia learned upon attempting to enter the United States that Title 42, a CDC emergency order to stop the spread of COVID-19, prevented her entry.

The Trump era emergency order that continues under the Biden administration allows CBP to deny entry of persons or items to stop the spread of COVID-19. Although the Department of Homeland Security has recently granted Temporary Protected Status to Ukrainians, the order only applies to nationals already in the United States.

Sofia and her three children left Ukraine shortly after the Russian invasion on February 24, traveling to Romania by car. Sofia and the family then flew through Frankfurt, Germany, to Mexico City. Sofia says her only family outside Ukraine resides in California.

Sofia told the Tribune, “I left a little bit before it got too tough, but now my family can’t even leave their houses. It was my luck I listened to my friends.” She added, “I was afraid for my kids. That’s why I left.” For now, Sofia has left the San Ysidro Port of Entry and returned to a hotel in Tijuana in hopes that efforts by her family to secure entry will prove successful.

According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), more than 2 million Ukrainians have fled since the Russian invasion. The vast majority, some 1.4 million, sought refuge in Poland. Many are in Romania, Hungary, and other European countries. Nearly 100,000 fled to Russia.

Sofia and her family are not alone as they wait in Mexico. According to Mexico’s refugee agency COMAR, the number of asylum and refugee applications more than doubled from 2020-2021. More than 131,000 applications overall were received in 2021.

Most applicants for refuge in Mexico are seeking travel documents necessary to ultimately reach the United States-Mexico Border. Most migrants, however, will bypass that system by choosing to travel through Mexico illegally. Once at the southern border, migrants opt to enter the United States between land ports and request asylum from apprehending Border Patrol agents on American soil.

Although an exception can be made by CBP to accept Sofia’s application at the port, the agency faces the potential for confusion regarding how the exception is applied. Rumors of a change in enforcement posture previously resulted in chaos in recent months. In January, more than 200 migrants rushed into one port of entry in Texas after hearing rumors that asylum applications would be accepted. The rush resulted in the closure of the port until the group of mostly Central Americans could be dispersed and returned to Mexico.

A response to a request for information from CBP regarding Sofia’s case has not been received as of press time.

Feds Deny Entry to Ukrainian Family at U.S.-Mexico Border Checkpoint (breitbart.com)

They can seek asylum in Mexico, Central America, Ireland, Norway, Finland, New Zealand, Australia, Japan, South Korea, Canada, Africa. Anywhere but here!

We are not the dumping ground for the entire world.

How many countries have stepped up and offered to take in, house, and feed our MILLIONS of Americans who are homeless? Many homeless due to fires, floods, tornados, and hurricanes that are living in the street with nothing.

We need a fly over drove video from Southern California to Northern California and show the videos of the tents, filth in Pelosi's district, and acres of tarps in fields, roads, and cities where our people are living in deplorable conditions.

These foreign citizens do not give one damn about America or our citizens. They do not give one damn that we have 50 million illegal aliens and visa overstays to deport.

They do not give one damn about the tons of Chinese Bioweapon Fentanyl pouring over our border murdering Americans. They do not give one damn about the tons of trash on our beautiful border by illegal aliens, the diseases they carry and the crime they bring here.

These foreign citizens do not give one damn about the $150 billion year illegals cost us and the rampant crime and destruction of our communities.

These foreign citizens do not give one damn about the billions of dollars our rotten government TAKES from our wallets, gives to their countries, and then they have the NERVE to want to come here too and we foot the bill for that!

No more people coming here!