humanitarian crisis at our southern border with mexico. as the u.s. struggles to meet the reality of the greatest complexities of global migration. this new reality demands a reimagined nation of our immigration system, a system that is of past decades. border agents stopped more than 6200 undocumented migrants at our southern border on friday. it was the first day since the u.s. entered the trump era border restrictions known as title 42. a number of crossings downed shortly compared to earlier in the week. behind each numbers a person trying to find their way to a better life. this week, our colleague jose diaz found a family fleeing their country, venezuela. three generations, a grandmother with her daughter, and granddaughter leaving everything behind because of their nations unstable government. they have dreams with a better future earning an education, building a new life here in the united states. and beyond her southern border, there are millions of families across
president biden makes moves that are angering immigrant rights advocates, none of this is going to satisfy the gop base, nor the bad faith actors on the right to do not want to be a nation of immigrants. just this week, the house gop passed a new bill going even further to eliminate asylum claims. there is no chance of passing the democrat let s senate. so the governor ron desantis just signed a new law cracking down on brace for undocumented migrants and for american citizens who are in community with them. as you watch all of this frantic coverage about the end of title 42, please remember, this isn t about any one single policy. this is about a global humanitarian crisis. moms and dads, and babies. this is about how we rise to meet this moment and who we are as a nation. what does it say about us? if we don t offer safe haven to those in crisis? i ve shown merkel has a beacon of hope. who was it that we want to be? joining me now, krish
banned from the u.s. for up to five years if they do not qualify for asylum. well, president biden makes moves better angering immigrant rights advocates, none of this is going to satisfy the gop base, nor the bad faith actors on the right who no longer want this to be a nation of immigrants. just this week, the gop house passed a new bill, going even further to limit asylum claims. there s no chance of passing the democrat-led senate, florida governor ron desantis signed a new law, cracking down on rights for undocumented migrants and for american citizens, or a community with them. as you watch all of this frantic coverage about the end of title 42, please remember that this is not about any one single policy. this is about a global humanitarian crisis. moms and dads, and babies. this is about how we rise to meet this moment, and who we are as a nation. what does it say about us if we do not offer safe haven to those in crisis? living up to the promise of being a beacon of hope, who
asylum and be rejected in another country before the u.s. will even hear their case. migrants must also apply for asylum appointments through an often glitchy app. and anyone caught crossing the border illegally could be bad for the u.s. for to five years if they don t qualify for asylum. president biden makes moves that are angering immigrant rights advocates, none of this is going to satisfy the gop base, nor the bad faith actors on the right to do not want to be a nation of immigrants. just to speak, the house gop passed a new bill going even further to eliminate asylum claims. there is no chance of passing the democrat let s senate. so the governor ron desantis just signed a new law cracking down on brace for undocumented migrants and for american citizens who are in community with them. as you watch all of this frantic coverage about the end of title 42, please remember, this isn t about any one single policy. this is about a global humanitarian crisis. moms and dads, and babies.
border who is worried about a surge. they think this could spur the numbers to go up. they were already at historic highs even with title 42 in place. they say they are trying to get more resources to the borders, asylum officers who can quickly adjudicate and decide who should be able to stay and who should not. they also have this criticism. this was also part of a big lawsuit that s been going on from immigrant rights advocates. they have been saying that they did not have the public health argument to make any more, especially when they allowed for exceptions for children coming unaccompanied from those ukrainians to come across. how could you make that argument that somehow families are more likely to spread covid? now they ve been put at this place, especially as covid restrictions have started to go down across the country tashgs they are now making plans as we understand it to lift that title 42 on may 23rd. and these are the ukrainian refugees who have fought with all kinds