US immigration: humanitarian groups tasked with picking asylum seekers

Groups will determine who is most vulnerable, on the Mexican side of the border, and their criteria has not been made public

The Biden administration has quietly tasked six humanitarian groups with recommending which migrants should be allowed to stay in the US, instead of being rapidly expelled from the country under federal pandemic-related powers that block people from seeking asylum.

The groups will determine who is most vulnerable, on the Mexican side of the border, and their criteria has not been made public.