{"id":1426284,"date":"2022-04-08T19:59:44","date_gmt":"2022-04-08T23:59:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1426284"},"modified":"2022-04-08T19:59:55","modified_gmt":"2022-04-08T23:59:55","slug":"house-republicans-democrats-beg-biden-to-open-u-s-borders-to-ukrainians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-republicans-democrats-beg-biden-to-open-u-s-borders-to-ukrainians\/","title":{"rendered":"House Republicans, Democrats Beg Biden to Open U.S. Borders to Ukrainians"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhouse-republicans-democrats-beg-biden-to-open-u-s-borders-to-ukrainians%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1426284&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">A handful of House Republicans have joined House Democrats in pleading with President Joe Biden to further open the nation\u2019s borders to Ukrainians.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, Biden\u2019s Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that the administration would extend the quasi-amnesty program known as Temporary Protected Status (TPS) to about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/economy\/2022\/03\/03\/joe-biden-offers-work-permits-to-75000-ukrainians\/\">75,000 Ukrainians<\/a> already living in the United States.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>TPS allows eligible foreign nationals to avoid deportation for an extended period of time despite possibly having previously skirted federal immigration laws.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>As a result, Ukrainians have started <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/03\/20\/reports-ukrainians-seek-asylum-at-u-s-southern-border-russians-turned-away\/\">piling up<\/a> at the U.S.-Mexico border in the hopes of being released into the U.S. interior while their asylum claims are adjudicated. Now, Reps. Andy Harris (R-MD) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) are joining a swath of House Democrats to ask Biden to extend TPS to potentially tens of thousands more Ukrainians who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/03\/07\/russians-ukrainians-increasingly-using-southern-border-to-get-into-u-s\/\">are arriving<\/a> at the border.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_20588348\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/04\/GettyImages-1389939763.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ukrainians who are seeking asylum walk at the El Chaparral port of entry on their way to enter the United States, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine, on April 6, 2022 in Tijuana, Mexico. (Mario Tama\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_20588366\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/GettyImages-1390115490.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20588366\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/GettyImages-1390115490.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1259\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ukrainians who are seeking asylum board a bus at dawn on their way to the El Chaparral port of entry before entering the United Stateson April 7, 2022 in Tijuana, Mexico. (Mario Tama\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_20588357\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/GettyImages-1389980372.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20588357\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/GettyImages-1389980372.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1277\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Ukrainian seeking asylum pulls a child on luggage as people stand in line to cross the U.S.-Mexico border, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine, on April 6, 2022 in Tijuana, Mexico. (Mario Tama\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cAs the conflict continues, we urge you to modify the physical presence eligibility date for TPS from March 1st to the publication date of the forthcoming Federal Register notice, thereby making any Ukrainian in the United States on that date eligible for Temporary Protected Status,\u201d the lawmakers write:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong> This technical update could provide significant relief for Ukrainians who recently entered<\/strong>, as they cannot\u2014and should not\u2014return to a war zone right now. It will also allow these Ukrainians to work and attend school, contribute economically to the United States and support themselves, while they await the end of this war. [Emphasis added]\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The effort comes as Biden\u2019s administration prepares for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/03\/27\/report-biden-officials-prepare-for-mass-migration-event-at-southern-border\/\">\u201cmass migration event\u201d<\/a> at the border as a result of the president\u2019s plans to end the Title 42 border control on May 23. Title 42, for more than two years, has allowed federal immigration officials to quickly return nearly two million illegal aliens to their native countries.<\/p>\n<p>Specifically, Biden officials say a foreign population the size of Atlanta, Georgia \u2014 roughly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/economy\/2022\/03\/30\/bidens-deputies-500000-migrants-per-month-expected-at-border\/\">half a million<\/a> \u2014 could arrive at the border every month. All hope to be released into the U.S. interior.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>John Binder is a reporter for Breitbart News. Email him at jbinder@breitbart.com. Follow him on Twitter\u00a0<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JxhnBxnder\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A handful of House Republicans have joined House Democrats in pleading with President Joe Biden to further open the nation\u2019s borders to Ukrainians. 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