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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Edward Helmore

Trump administration apologizes for telling Ukrainian refugees to leave US

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Ukrainians who are seeking asylum on their way to enter the United States, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine, on 6 April 2022, in Tijuana, Mexico. Photograph: Mario Tama/Getty Images

Donald Trump’s presidential administration has acknowledged and apologized after it says it accidentally informed some Ukrainian refugees fleeing their country’s invasion by Russia that they needed to leave the US because their legal status was being revoked.

About 240,000 Ukrainians have been settled in the US as part of the Uniting for Ukraine – or U4U – program launched during Joe Biden’s presidency. But according to CBS News, some resettled Ukrainians received emails this week telling them that the US Department of Homeland Security would be terminating their legal protections.

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