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Ukrainian refugees in US face precarious future after losing legal right to work
Federal government delays in renewing work permits under the Uniting for Ukraine program have left thousands of refugees unemployed, straining local businesses and families, experts say.
- In June, Denys, a Ukrainian refugee in Spokane, lost his job after the federal government failed to reauthorize his work rights, while renewals halted affecting nearly 1.8 million migrants under President Donald Trump's administration.
- On his first day back in office, President Donald Trump ordered termination of categorical parole programs, and the acting director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services froze renewals for the Uniting for Ukraine program, which had brought 240,000 Ukrainians to the U.S.
- Without steady pay, Denys now relies on Mariia Chava, sponsor and former neighbor, to cover food and rent for his wife and three children, and local employers lost skilled workers amid nearly 3,000 Ukrainians arriving in Spokane, Washington recently.
- Many parolees now face a stark choice—wait for government action, work illegally, survive on charity, or leave the United States, while USCIS Director Joseph Edlow said the administration plans to tighten work authorization and can shut it off when paroles end.
- A lower court ruling led USCIS to issue a June 9 memo lifting the freeze on parole renewals, but new applications remain blocked while U.S. Congress considers bills to protect work rights amid withdrawn protections for more than 530,000 immigrants and over 9,000 from Afghanistan.
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While at federal level it is disputed whether Ukrainians should continue to be entitled to civic money immediately upon arrival or not, very many war refugees are now arriving again in the district.
Ukrainian refugees in U.S. face precarious future after losing legal right to work
The first time Denys’s children heard fireworks go off in Spokane, Washington, they were terrified. His kids had grown up about 20 miles from the Russian border, in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, and they knew too well the booms of Russian missile attacks and screeching sounds of Ukrainian air defences.
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Ukrainian refugees in US face precarious future after losing legal right to work
The Trump administration's decision to target temporary humanitarian immigration programs has left Ukrainian immigrants without the legal right to work.
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