Washington: Administration of US President Joe Biden Will provide temporary deportation relief and work permits to thousands of Ukrainians who are already there United States of america But unable to return to Ukraine because of a military conflict with Russia, the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said on Thursday.
After Russian forces invaded Ukraine in one of the largest attacks on a European state since World War II, DHS said the move would allow Ukrainians to remain in the United States until March 1 and legalize them for a period of 18 months. will allow it to work.
Biden attacked Russian President Vladimir Putin in a State of the Union speech dominated by the crisis in Ukraine on Tuesday that banned Russian flights from US airspace.
Biden’s response to the crisis is expected to have profound implications for his political fortunes and American relations with the world.
Ukrainians will be granted deportation relief and access to work permits under a program called Temporary Protected Status (TPS). This program gives immigrants who cannot return safely to their countries due to exceptional circumstances such as violent conflict or natural disasters and the ability to legally live and work in the United States for a set period of time .
“Russia’s pre-planned and unprovoked attack on Ukraine has resulted in ongoing war, rampant violence, and Ukrainians forced to seek refuge in other countries,” Secretary Alejandro Meyerkas said in a written statement.
Earlier in the day on Thursday, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) said it had halted deportation flights to Ukraine due to the “ongoing humanitarian crisis”.
More than 1 million Ukrainians have fled Moscow’s “special operation” since Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24 and began arriving in neighboring Central European countries.
After Russian forces invaded Ukraine in one of the largest attacks on a European state since World War II, DHS said the move would allow Ukrainians to remain in the United States until March 1 and legalize them for a period of 18 months. will allow it to work.
Biden attacked Russian President Vladimir Putin in a State of the Union speech dominated by the crisis in Ukraine on Tuesday that banned Russian flights from US airspace.
Biden’s response to the crisis is expected to have profound implications for his political fortunes and American relations with the world.
Ukrainians will be granted deportation relief and access to work permits under a program called Temporary Protected Status (TPS). This program gives immigrants who cannot return safely to their countries due to exceptional circumstances such as violent conflict or natural disasters and the ability to legally live and work in the United States for a set period of time .
“Russia’s pre-planned and unprovoked attack on Ukraine has resulted in ongoing war, rampant violence, and Ukrainians forced to seek refuge in other countries,” Secretary Alejandro Meyerkas said in a written statement.
Earlier in the day on Thursday, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) said it had halted deportation flights to Ukraine due to the “ongoing humanitarian crisis”.
More than 1 million Ukrainians have fled Moscow’s “special operation” since Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24 and began arriving in neighboring Central European countries.