JOHANA SUAREZ: And the Biden administration announced new rules that seek to speed up the asylum process. The changes now allow immigration officials, not just judges, to decide whether a migrant remains in the country or is deported
FRANCISCO FAJARDO: The new rule is announced as Ukrainian families seeking asylum are excluded from Title 42 and processed every day in front of families from countries like Guatemala and Honduras who have been waiting for more than a year.
DULCE GARCÍA, ACTIVIST: The system as it stands today is still a racist system that gives preference to migrants from certain countries
FAJARDO: But the government defends itself by claiming that the situation of refugees from Ukraine is unique because they are fleeing a war.
XAVIER BECERRA, SEC. OF HHS: You have to qualify to enter into this country.