
The US is rolling out the welcome mat for Ukrainian refugees, but turning away others seeking safety
CNN
Ukrainian families at the US-Mexico border are getting the chance to do something most asylum-seeking migrants haven't been allowed to do for years: cross legally into the United States.
A memo obtained by CNN instructs officers at the border to consider exempting Ukrainians on a case-by-case basis from the public health restrictions the US has used to block migrants from entering the country since the early days of the pandemic.
It's significant that only Ukrainians were singled out in the recent Department of Homeland Security memo.

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