The US is suspended by immigration programs for migrants, including Ukrainians – NYT

Officials of the US Department of Internal Security ordered to suspend a number of programs enabling immigrants temporarily settling in the country, including a key initiative enabling Ukrainians to enter.

He informed about it New York TimesReferring to the directive contained in an e-mail sent by a higher official of American citizenship and immigration services, which the publication reached, says Ukrinform.

It should be noted that the directive requires immediate suspension of final decisions on applications related to these programs until they were reviewed by the administration and the decision to complete their functioning.

The programs to which this concerns also include the initiative of “Unity for Ukraine” initiative initiative, which enabled Ukrainian immigrants to temporarily enter the United States if they had financial sponsors.

According to the government, as in September 2023, over 150,000 Ukrainians came to the United States as part of the program – NYT says.

The newspaper wrote that the number of suspended programs is large, noting that this move will block the entry of immigrants who managed to obtain asylum in the United States due to the unstable situation in their countries.

As we read in the publication, in addition to citizens of war -covered Ukraine, the closing of programs will affect immigrants from Kuba, Haiti and Venezuela.

The Directive also suspends decisions on applications under a program enabling connecting families in the United States and another initiative for minors from Central America who have family members in the United States.

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The decision also indicates that the administration plans to start a wide fight against a wide range of programs enabling temporary entry to the country, writes NYT.

Administration officials said that President Trump believes that many migration programs were not legal.

Donald Trump previously promised to start the largest deportation operation in America’s history, which will affect about 11 million illegal immigrants. On the first day of office, he signed executive ordinances regarding the southern border of the United States and announced the distribution of additional soldiers in this region, committing to the deportation of “strangers-overwater”.

The White House also suspended the asylum program for people escaping from authoritarian regimes in Central and South America, and therefore thousands of people got stuck on the Mexican side of the border.

The Trump administration announced the detention and deportation of hundreds of illegal immigrants.