The Trump administration is planning to revoke the legal status of approximately 240,000 Ukrainians who arrived in the U.S. after Russia’s full-scale invasion, Reuters reports, citing sources familiar with the situation.
The decision could take effect as early as April, according to Reuters, potentially leading to the expedited deportation of those affected.
The move to end programs for Ukrainian refugees began before Trump's public dispute with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, the sources said, and is part of a broader effort by the administration to revoke the legal status of about 1.8 million migrants who entered the U.S. under humanitarian temporary asylum programs launched by the Biden administration.
The Trump team also reportedly plans to cancel the legal status of around 530,000 Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans as soon as March, two sources added.
A spokesperson for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security declined to comment, and neither The White House nor the Ukrainian Embassy responded to Reuters’s request.
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