
US President Donald Trump (R) meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy at the White House in Washington, DC, US, February 28, 2025. — Reuters
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WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump’s administration aims to revoke the temporary legal status of more than 240,000 Ukraine people who escaped from their country after Russia escaped from their country, a senior Trump official and three sources knowing about the matter.
It is expected that the status is expected to be canceled with April, and it is expected that the former president, who will be a reversal of receptions to people during the Biden era.
Last week, a plan for reservations was underway for Ukrainian people before publicly disputes with Ukrainian President Wolodmeer Zelannsky.
Sources said it is part of a broader Trump administration’s attempt to eliminate the legal status of more than 1.8 million immigrants to enter the United States under temporary humanitarian programs launched under the Biden administration.
US Department of Homeland Security Spokeswoman Tresia McLAFLAN said the department currently has no declaration. The White House and the Ukrainian Embassy did not respond to the commentary requests.
In a Trump executive order issued on January 20, the DHS calls for “eliminating all clear parole programs”.
The administration has planned to dismiss parole for about 530,000 Cuba, Haitians, Nicaragan and Venezuelan this month, with Trump officials and sources familiar with the matter not to be named to talk about internal considerations.
The plan to revoke Parole for these nationalities first opened a new tab through CBS News.
According to the internal ice email shown by Reuters, immigrants who snatch their parole status may face rapid track deportation.
Immigrants who illegally cross the border can be rapidly deported, known as rapid removal for two years after entering. The email states that for those who legally enter the legal ports without entering the United States without officially entering the United States – like the people on parole – there is no time limit for their rapid removal.
The Biden programs were part of a broader effort to prevent illegal immigration and provide temporary legal avenues to prevent humanitarian aid.
In addition to 240,000 Ukraine residents who escaped from the Russian invasion and 530,000 Cuba, Haitians, Nicaravan and Venezuelan, more than 70,000 Afghans were covered in the programs that survived the Afghan Taliban occupation.
An additional one million immigrants set up a time to cross the legal border through the app known as CBP One.
Thousands more had access to small programs, including the family alliance for some people in Latin America and the Caribbean.
As a candidate, Trump promised to abolish the Biden programs, saying he was beyond the limits of US law.
The Trump administration last month paid action on immigration requests for people who had enrolled in the United States under some Biden parole programs.
In Ukraine, the real estate operators now collect Windows while her husband works construction.
The family escaped from Kiev in May 2023, eventually buying a house in the small town of Iowa, De Wat. In May, their parole and work permits expire. He says he spent about $ 4,000 to try to apply for another program known as his parole renewal and temporarily safe status.
He said that the Awaitian has begun to headache, worrying about his situation.
“We don’t know what to do,” he said.
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US allies from Afghanistan, who enter Biden, have also been swept away by Trump’s crackdown.
A former Afghan intelligence officer, Rafi, who still asked to identify his first name for the protection of family members in Afghanistan, in January 2024, using the CBP One mobile app on the US Mexico border, entered the United States. He was given the status of a temporary humanity parole, which allows him to stay and work in the United States for two years.
On February 13, in just one year, he was detained at the Ice Office in the city of Virginia at a check -in meeting. Its status was canceled.
According to a letter from October 2022, in Afghanistan, Rafi was trained by US officers and provided intelligence on “high price goals”.
The former CIA official wrote, “As a result of his active efforts against the enemy, he is currently in high risk, and needs help to leave the country.”
The officer “described Rafi as one of the most dedicated and hard working people with whom I had the honor of serving in Afghanistan.” Reuters reviewed the letter but did not reach the officer.
In the United States, Rafi applied for asylum and was scheduled for hearing before an immigration judge in April.
He said in February Ice Check -in – an terms of his temporary status – he was asked to remove his belts and shoes. It immediately. He knew what was happening, he said, and still, he asked: “Are you arresting me? I have not broken any law.”
Rafi said he felt a fraud.
When someone stands with US troops to shoulder to shoulder and endanger their lives […]”He said in a phone call of detention, his voice was shaking.
“I was not expecting this behavior from them. I didn’t expect it.
On February 24, his lawyer wrote to Ice that he noted his client, noting his criminal record, saying it was not a threat to flight and had an active asylum for his work supporting the US military in Afghanistan.
James Mulalan, director of the ICE’s Washington Field Office Assistant Field Office, replied that the ICE was being released.
“The priorities you have mentioned in your email have ended on January 20, 2025,” Mullen wrote, citing Trump’s opening date.