The Biden administration recently unveiled a plan to welcome a small portion of the millions of Ukrainian refugees fleeing the Russian invasion, but there are key conditions to be aware of before applying to help. The program, “Uniting for Ukraine,” is a humanitarian parole program that will allow people and private groups to sponsor or offer temporary protection to Ukrainians who have been displaced by the war.
The Biden administration announced plans Thursday to expedite the arrival of Ukrainian refugees, creating a new system that will allow ordinary citizens and organizations such as churches to sponsor them, but officials also warned that Ukrainians attempting to cross via Mexico will be denied entry starting next week.
there were some mistakes. one of the mistakes was to admit afghans not in refugee status but in something called parole, a temporary status that doesn t allow people to have a permanent path to residence here in the u.s. that is something that only congress can fix. we think that the biden administration should consider, like the u.s. has done in the past, for example, with kosovar albanians in the balkan crisis, allow people to be admitted to refugees. do the initial paperwork overseas, finish processing here in the u.s. but give them a path to a permanent status so they re not in limbo for many, many years while waiting for congress to act. that s one thing we re strongly recommending. basically families should be together, especially at this time. if you can imagine what it would be like to be displaced and know you had a brother waiting for you in another country that could have you in his home, support you, that s where you would want to be. that s what we think the administration