Ukrainian refugees have been an exception to the Trump-era policy that led to the quick deportations of hundreds of thousands of migrants from Central America during the COVID-19 pandemic.
According to a DHS memo obtained by CBS News in March, U.S. authorities along the Mexican border were instructed to consider exempting Ukrainians from Title 42. Mayorkas said in a call with reporters at the time that the guidance is designed to remind Customs and Border Protection officers that their power to exempt certain migrants from Title 42 applies to Ukrainians seeking U.S. refuge.
"What we do on an individualized basis is evaluate whether a Ukrainian family and frankly other families from other countries qualify for our discretionary authority for granting humanitarian parole. Do they present to us an urgent humanitarian condition that requires special treatment? And that's not specific to Ukrainians. We apply that across the board," Mayorkas told O'Donnell on Wednesday.
"We are at the border surging resources," he said, adding,"We very well could [see a surge]. And our job is to be prepared to address it." "What distinguishes us from the past is the fact that we will not implement policies of cruelty that disregard our asylum laws," he added."We are rebuilding a system that was entirely dismantled."
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