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UKRAINIANS WHO FLED WAR ARE LOSING THEIR LEGAL STATUS TO STAY IN THE U.S.
>Trump administration is letting a makeshift Biden-era program lapse
>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.
>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 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.
>In total, roughly a quarter-million Ukrainians came to the U.S. under Uniting for Ukraine. Those who came before Aug. 16, 2023, are still covered by a separate program, called temporary protected status. But the roughly 120,000 who arrived on that date or later will be in the country illegally the moment their humanitarian parole expires.
>Vera Serova, a volunteer lawyer with the nonprofit Nova Ukraine, which helps Ukrainians, said people who lose their status will be in a double bind. “People either have nowhere to go or not enough money to leave and start over in yet another new country,” she said.
>Myroslava Voitsekh, 44 years old, who came to the U.S. with her 4yo son said, “It’s a choice between fear there and fear here. We have only fear ahead.”
Amazing that they couldn't interview any able-bodied male and ask the question why they shouldn't be sent to Pokrovsk.
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