US to accept certain non-Mexican migrants in Mexico as refugees

FILE PHOTO: U.S. White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan speaks at a press briefing at the White House in Washington, U.S., December 12, 2022. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration will allow some migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela who are already in Mexico to apply to enter the United States as refugees, White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said on Friday.

The move could offer a way for those migrants to avoid making illegal and often perilous border crossings.