Biden announced this week that the U.S. will welcome up to 100,000 Ukrainians displaced by Russia’s invasion. But so far, details of how or when they will be admitted are few, as local Ukrainian families and refugee resettlement agencies await guidance.
“We are in a holding pattern,” Reifel said, “because though the State Department acknowledges that this decision to allow a hundred thousand people in has been made, they don't yet have a process to accomplish the goal.”In a response emailed from its press office, the State Department said the agency is looking into various avenues for displaced Ukrainians, and that more details about the process will be shared at a later date.
As they await guidance, resettlement agencies said some Ukrainians who came here as refugees may apply to bring loved ones via the, which benefits certain minorities in the former Soviet Union. Congress recently reauthorized the program. Many would like to eventually return to Ukraine, she said, and just need a place to call home for now.
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