Local Ukrainian Refugees Left Worrying About Future After Federal Government Suspended Program

Local Ukrainian refugees left worrying about future after Federal Government suspended program

POCATELLO, Idaho (KIFI)– Vlad Horbachov, Olena Kharkiv, and their daughter are three of nearly 200,000 Ukrainians who escaped war and made their way to the US through the Biden Administration's 'Uniting for Ukraine' (U4U) program, which was suspended by executive order earlier this year. But Horbachov and Kharkiv say their fears of being forced out of the country and their new lives are growing as their time with the refugee program runs out. Ho…

Ukrainian parolees in North Dakota losing ability to work

FARGO (North Dakota Monitor) – In mid-June Yaroslav Riazanov’s upended life will change once again. The 27-year-old who drove trucks and worked construction around Fargo for the past two years as a Uniting for Ukraine (U4U) parolee will no longer be able to work. Riazanov is fine. He’s in the prime of his life. He has no forthcoming surgery or anything that could make him physically incapable of working. Only his paperwork will change. Instead o…

Ukrainians in North Dakota face slow walk out the door as status expires

FARGO — In mid-June, Yaroslav Riazanov’s upended life will change once again. The 27-year-old who drove trucks and worked construction around Fargo for the past two years as a Uniting for Ukraine (U4U) parolee will no longer be able to work. Riazanov is fine. He’s in the prime of his life. He has no forthcoming surgery or anything that could make him physically incapable of working. Only his paperwork will change. Instead of being a two-year par…