'We have sought and aspired to be an example, to uphold international law,' said Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. 'Instead the administration is making it effectively impossible to seek refuge at our border.'
earlier this month, while expressing "great concern" over the restrictions that were paired with those pathways.
The letter was sent three weeks after the administration announced that under Title 42—which was first used by former Republican President Donald Trump to refuse entry into the U.S. to migrants at the southern border during the Covid-19 pandemic, with Trump claiming the policy was needed to protect public health—30,000 migrants from Nicaragua, Cuba, and Haiti will be able to enter the country legally each month through a humanitarian parole program and U.S.-based financial sponsors.
"We have sought and aspired to be an example, to uphold international law," said the congresswoman. "Instead the administration is making it effectively impossible to seek refuge at our border."
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