The Biden administration has announced a plan to ease the large numbers of Venezuelans trying to enter the US. Up to 24,000 Venezuelan migrants will be allowed into the US if they arrive at US airports. Venezuelans who walk or swim across the border illegally will be immediately returned to Mexico under a pandemic rule known as Title 42, which suspends rights to seek asylum under US and international law, on grounds of preventing the spread of COVID-19. A similar program was set up for Ukrainians fleeing their country after Russia invaded. Host Marco Werman speaks with Julia Gelatt, a senior policy analyst at the Migration Policy Institute, to explain how this policy will actually work.
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