{"id":2005026,"date":"2023-08-18T14:57:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-18T18:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-more-than-quadruples-the-number-of-ukrainians-given-protected-status-in-us\/"},"modified":"2023-08-18T15:00:31","modified_gmt":"2023-08-18T19:00:31","slug":"biden-admin-more-than-quadruples-the-number-of-ukrainians-given-protected-status-in-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-more-than-quadruples-the-number-of-ukrainians-given-protected-status-in-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Admin Increases Protected Status for Ukrainians in US by Over Four Times."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-admin-more-than-quadruples-the-number-of-ukrainians-given-protected-status-in-us%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2005026&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>The Biden Administration Expands Temporary Protected Status for Ukrainians in the US<\/h2>\n<p>The Biden administration has announced\u200d a \u200dsignificant expansion of \u2064temporary \u200blegal\u2063 status for Ukrainians already living in the United States,\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments-and-it-is-historic\/\" title=\"White House Releases List of President Trump\u2019s Accomplishments \u2013  And It Is Historic!\">providing relief<\/a> \u2063for those who fled Russia&#8217;s invasion.<\/p>\n<p>The Department of Homeland Security stated that this move\u2062 will make 166,700 Ukrainians eligible for Temporary \u2063Protected Status, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/movie-theater-owners-considering-vaccine-mandates\/\" title=\"Movie Theater Owners Considering Vaccine Mandates\">substantial increase<\/a> from the\u200b current 26,000.<\/p>\n<p>To \u200bqualify for\u2062 this status, Ukrainians must have been in the United States by August 16, two days before the announcement, and they will also be eligible for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-has-signed-40-executive-orders-and-actions-since-taking-office\/\" title=\"Biden has signed 40 executive orders and actions since taking office\">work authorization<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The\u2064 original expiration date\u200d for the temporary\u200d status was October \u200b19, 2023,\u200b but it has now been extended for an additional 18 months until April 19, 2025.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Russia&#8217;s ongoing\u2064 military\u200d invasion of Ukraine and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-more-than-quadruples-the-number-of-ukrainians-given-protected-status-in-us\/\" title=\"Biden Admin Increases Protected Status for Ukrainians in US by Over Four Times.\">resulting\u200b humanitarian crisis requires<\/a> that the\u200c United States\u2064 continue to offer safety and protection to Ukrainians who may not be able to return \u2064to\u200b their country,&#8221; said Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro\u2063 Mayorkas.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>This expansion of\u2064 Temporary Protected Status for\u2064 Ukrainians is\u2062 part of the administration&#8217;s broader \u2064approach to immigration, which includes providing \u2062legal entries on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/psaki-calls-situation-on-the-border-a-crisis-later-walks-it-back-when-reporter-points-out-her-remark\/\" title=\"Psaki Calls Situation On The Border A \u2018Crisis,\u2019 Later Walks It Back When Reporter Points Out Her Remark\">humanitarian grounds<\/a> \u2063while taking stricter measures against those who enter \u200cthe country illegally. Similar status extensions have been granted to individuals from countries such as Cameroon, Haiti, and\u2063 Venezuela.<\/p>\n<p>Under\u200c a 1990 law,\u2063 the Homeland\u200c Security secretary has the authority to grant temporary protected\u2064 status to individuals already in the United States\u2064 whose home countries \u2064are affected by\u2063 civil \u2063strife or \u200cnatural disasters and are considered unsafe for return.<\/p>\n<p>Ukrainians were initially granted Temporary \u2062Protected Status immediately after Russia&#8217;s invasion. The administration \u2062later introduced humanitarian parole for those who were \u200bnot in the United \u200cStates,\u200c a policy that was subsequently extended\u2063 to \u200dindividuals from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela.<\/p>\n<p>This recent announcement provides additional time for Ukrainians whose two-year parole was set\u200b to expire early \u200cnext year. However, Cubans, \u2063Haitians, Nicaraguans,\u2063 and Venezuelans face more \u2063uncertainty regarding their status.<\/p>\n<p>While Texas and other \u200bRepublican-led states are challenging \u200bparole for individuals from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela, they are \u2064not \u2063contesting the protected \u2064status for Ukrainians. A trial \u200dregarding this matter is scheduled for next week in Victoria, Texas.<\/p>\n<p>Ukrainian immigrants are dispersed throughout the United \u200dStates, with the largest \u2063concentrations found in the metropolitan\u2063 areas of New York City, Chicago, Seattle, and Sacramento, California.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-style: italic\">The Western Journal has reviewed this Associated Press story and\u2062 may have altered it prior to publication\u200c to ensure that it meets our editorial\u2062 standards.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-biden-administration-sharply-expands-temporary-status-ukrainians-already-us\/\">Biden Admin More Than Quadruples \u2063the Number of Ukrainians Given Protected Status in US<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>support Ukrainians who fled Russia&#8217;s invasion, the Biden administration is expanding temporary legal status in the US. The Department of Homeland Security stated that this move will make around 166,700 Ukrainians eligible for Temporary Protected Status, a significant increase from the current 26,000.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":2005027,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2005026","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2005026","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/136"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2005026"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2005026\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2005027"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2005026"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2005026"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2005026"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}