Joe Biden Says He Will 'Welcome Ukrainian Refugees with Open Arms'

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : The Ukrainian family was admitted even though it could have asked for asylum in Mexico, Poland, or other European countries.
46% : The New York Times described one Russian refugee couple, Iuliia Shuvalova and Sergei Ignatev, who claimed they were dissident supporters of a political rival to Vladimir Putin: "Before deciding to seek asylum in the United States, Ms. Shuvalova and Mr. Ignatev said, they had participated in activities organized by supporters of Mr. [Aleksei] Navalny in their hometown, Ulyanovsk."
41% : The arriving Europeans know they cannot get asylum if they describe themselves as economic migrants.
40% : However, refugees from the Ukraine are already flying into Mexico intending to seek asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border, under the easy migration rules set by Biden's pro-migration border chief, Alejandro Mayorkas.

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