CBS’ Gayle King contrasts medication of Ukrainian refugees to migrants at US border: ‘No longer handled this smartly’

CBS’ Gayle King, co-host of “CBS Mornings,” compared how international locations are treating Ukrainian refugees fleeing their nation and the specter of Russian President Vladimir Putin to the medication of migrants at the U.S. border. 

King requested visitor Dave Miliband, president of the World Rescue Committee, why other folks coming from El Salvador and Honduras to the U.S. weren’t welcomed or “received very smartly” because the Ukrainians seem to had been. The host also brought up Syria and Afghanistan, asking Miliband what he believed the adaptation was between these eventualities and these fleeing Ukraine. 

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“Its straightforward. There would possibly be more effort of incorporating and integrating other folks from varied races and varied religions into nationwide life,” Miliband said. “What we know, is that within the tip, other folks fleeing for his or her freedom and for his or her lives, they’re fervent to maintain a second likelihood. The international locations that they undertake as their unique properties, they turn out to be patriotic and productive voters thanks to the likelihood that’s given them.”

King said she believed “other folks can maintain to aloof be reminded of that.” 

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“You judge at other folks coming from Haiti, other folks coming, as I said, El Salvador, Honduras. They had been not handled this smartly. I deem, all of us desire the Ukrainian other folks to be helped, every person agrees with that, nevertheless there would possibly be ample wretchedness to transfer round here,” she persevered. 

As of Tuesday, the assortment of refugees fleeing Ukraine to neighboring international locations has reached no not up to 2 million, in line with the United International locations. 

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President Biden announced he was banning the import of Russian oil to the U.S. on Tuesday. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he was “thankful” that the U.S. hit “Putin’s battle machine” in a Wednesday tweet and known as on other international locations to originate the identical.  

There had been over 178,840 apprehensions at the U.S. border in December. The Mayor of Yuma, Arizona said in January that the yell was overwhelmed with migrants and that the metropolis received’t maintain ample assets to fable for the surge.

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