The Biden administration is facing blowback from immigrant rights advocates after Homeland Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said Tuesday that Haitians and Cubans fleeing violent political crises in their countries by boat would not be allowed to enter the U.S., even if they established a credible claim for asylum.

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“The time is never right to attempt migration by sea,” Mayorkas said. “Allow me to be clear: If you take to the sea, you will not come to the U.S.”

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