Ukrainian family fleeing invasion turned away at border in San Diego
U.S. border officials in San Diego on Wednesday turned away a Ukrainian family that was seeking asylum after fleeing the Russian invasion.
She has a typed letter from her U.S. relatives explaining who she is and promising to take care of her living expenses.A spokesperson from Customs and Border Protection said that the agency is “looking into the situation.” The most restrictive policy, and the most recently implemented, is known as Title 42, which was put in place at the beginning of the pandemic by the Trump administration and was continued by President Biden. Under Title 42, border officials can keep out asylum seekers and other migrants and expel them to the country from which they entered the United States, or to their country of origin if they try to cross without permission, without screening them.
“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,” Sofiia said. “I was afraid for my kids. That’s why I left.”
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