Once welcomed in US, Ukrainians now fret under Trump

Nearly 2,000 Ukrainians currently live in the district, all of them worried about their homeland. But everyday life is also sometimes fraught with obstacles, as Mariia Hartzendorf knows. She advises her fellow countrymen in the Markt Schwaben-based association "Side by Side."

As protections expire, Ukrainians who escaped war face an uncertain future

A U.S. immigration program allowed hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians to escape war. As Trump decides whether or not to renew it, recipients fear being deported.(Image credit: Tim Evans)

The US President's migration policy and his proximity to Moscow are worrying the Ukrainians who have found refuge in the United States since 2022 to flee the Russian bombings.

I came to the US as a refugee when I was 11. Now I own a multimillion-dollar business.

Orhan Veli moved to the US as a refugee when he was 11.Courtesy of Orhan VeliOrhan Veli came to the US from the Soviet Union when he was 11.He owns 11 Saladworks locations, which had nearly $12 million in revenue in 2024.He and his wife have sponsored 11 refugees to come to the US from Ukraine.This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Orhan Veli, owner of 11 Saladworks locations. It has been edited for length and clarity.I was born i…

She came to Minnesota as an exchange student. She became a Ukrainian refugee. Now, will U.S. deport her to war zone?

Daria "Dasha" Shyroka came from Ukraine to Alexandria, Minnesota as an exchange student in 2021. Now at Gustavus Adolphus College, Shyroka worries if Trump administration will revoke her temporary protective status.

‘We just want to be safe’: Once welcomed in US, Ukrainians now in limbo as humanitarian policy shifts under Trump

SAN DIEGO, March 27 — With Russian troops ravaging their native Kharkiv, Nikita Demydov and his wife Alina were offered a way out when the United States welcomed them and their five-year-old daughter as part of a humanitarian programme. But that welcome is now being withdrawn under President Donald Trump, whose administration has suspended “Uniting for Ukraine,” which allowed more than 200,000 Ukrainians to legally reside in the country. “We hav…