240,000 Ukrainians face deportation from US as Trump administration to decide ‘soon’ on revoking legal status
President Donald Trump. Photo by Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images
Ted Hesson and Kristina Cooke
US president Donald Trump has said he will soon decide whether to revoke temporary legal status for about 240,000 Ukrainians who fled the conflict with Russia, following a Reuters report that his administration planned to take that step.
Such a move would be a stunning reversal of the welcome Ukrainians received under former president Joe Biden’s administration and potentially put them on a fast-track to deportation.
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