Ukrainians Who Fled War Are Losing Their Legal Status to Stay in the U.S.

[In It to Win It]

WSJ - Gift Link

Tens of thousands of Ukrainian refugees in the U.S. will begin losing legal protections Friday without action from the Trump administration, leaving them vulnerable to possible arrest and deportation.

Here is what to know:

What is changing

An estimated 120,000 Ukrainians who fled to the U.S. in the past two years will begin losing their humanitarian protections on a rolling basis.

The Ukrainians came to the country through Uniting for Ukraine, a makeshift legal program created by the Biden administration. They were granted a two-year, renewable status known as humanitarian parole, so long as they found a private American sponsor to take them in.

The background

The Biden administration set up the program as a quick avenue to allow Ukrainians to relocate because the traditional U.S. refugee system can take years to process people. The trade-off was that everyone using the program was given a temporary status that left them vulnerable if it expired. And, should the government want to arrest them, it already has their home addresses on file.

When President Trump took office, he shut down the program and stopped issuing renewals for people whose work permits were expiring.

[riversedge]

1. The Putin war against Ukraine is still raging. WTF TRUMP-Have you no humanity??

[BWdem4life]

2. That must be a rhetorical question.

He has none.

[Cha]

3. We already know that Traitor is a

Psychotic Sociopath.

[Cha]

4. I'm So Sorry for the Ukrainians who have

made homes for their families here.. Pres Biden was looking our for them.

💙

[riversedge]

5. I recently read an article saying many plan to go back to Ukraine, but some want to stay........

and they were getting their kids ready for another school year.
Generally those that want to say have relatives here for a long time already.

I don't want to believe Trump and his gang will push them back into a country that still has a raging war going on but seems that is the case.

[Cha]

6. Traitor is the Worst.. there is No Bottom.

I wish Ukrainians the best by any means possible.

[CTyankee]

7. the cruelty is the point, someone said. He's a psychopath and I can never forgive anyone I know for voting for him.