Biden says ‘we understand’ Poland taking in Ukrainian refugees as thousands cross US southern border

President Biden on Saturday stated the US understands Poland’s choice to absorb greater than 2 million Ukrainian refugees amid Russia‘s invasion as a result of “1000’s of individuals a day, actually,” are crossing the U.S. southern border.

Biden made the remarks throughout a gathering with Polish President Andrzej Duda in Warsaw to debate Russian President Vladimir Putin’s ongoing battle in Ukraine.

“We do acknowledge that Poland is taking over a major duty that I do not suppose ought to simply be Poland and ought to be the entire world — all of NATO’s duty,” Biden stated. “The truth that you may have so many Ukrainians searching for refuge in and in … Poland — we perceive that as a result of we’ve got on our southern border 1000’s of individuals a day actually, not figuratively, attempting to get to the US.”

He added that the US believes it ought to do its half “relative to Ukraine, as properly, by opening our borders to a different hundred thousand folks.”

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Greater than 2.2 million Ukrainians have fled to Poland to flee Russian hearth.

The White Home introduced Thursday that the U.S. will welcome as much as 100,000 Ukrainian refugees utilizing a number of strategies together with the refugee admissions program, in addition to parole and immigrant and non-immigrant visas. The White Home additionally introduced that the U.S. will impose new sanctions on Russian people and corporations.

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Administration officers stated that President Biden’s cap of 125,000 refugees for Fiscal Yr 2022 stays in impact, however that those that enter by way of processes apart from the refugee program is not going to depend towards that whole. 

Folks encompass a automobile because it arrives carrying meals donations at a makeshift camp for migrants searching for asylum in the US on the border crossing Friday, March 12, 2021, in Tijuana, Mexico. (AP Picture/Gregory Bull)

In February alone, there have been 164,973 encounters on the U.S. southern border, in comparison with 101,099 encounters in February 2021 — a month that preceded an enormous surge in numbers within the spring and summer season months that overwhelmed U.S. Border Patrol and led to migrants shortly being launched into the inside. In February 2020, there have been simply 36,687 encounters.

The Washington Publish reported this week that preliminary Customs and Border Safety (CBP) knowledge signifies that authorities are on monitor to have encountered greater than 200,000 in March, in comparison with 173,277 in March final 12 months.

Fox Information’ Ronn Blitzer and Adam Shaw contributed to this report.