The Biden administration is launching a program that will allow U.S. citizens and groups to financially sponsor Ukrainians displaced by the Russian invasion of their country so that they can come to the U.S. sooner, the DHS announced.
of their country so that they can come to the U.S. sooner, the Department of Homeland Security announced Thursday.
The policy, administration officials said, is also designed to discourage Ukrainians from traveling to Mexico to seek entry along the U.S. southern border, where U.S. Customs and Border Protection processed a record 3,274 Ukrainians in March alone, a jump of more than 1,100% from February. A Ukrainian woman seeking asylum in the U.S. displays her passport as she waits to cross the border at the San Ysidro Port of Entry on April 5, 2022, in Tijuana, Mexico. Starting then, the senior DHS official said,"we will apply Title 42 equally to all nationalities at the border," referring to the migrant expulsion policy that is set to expire on May 23.
In order to be granted permission to travel to the U.S., Ukrainians will need to be first identified by their prospective sponsors, as they will not be able to apply for the program directly, administration officials said. Ukrainians will be eligible for the sponsorship initiative if they had resided in Ukraine as of February 11.
Asylum-seekers from Ukraine stand in line before crossing into the U.S. at the San Ysidro port of entry in Tijuana, Mexico, on April 2, 2022.U.S. visa applicants face lengthy wait times due to massive application backlogs worsened by the pandemic, and many Ukrainians may not qualify for visas. Meanwhile, the U.S. refugee process, which was crippled by COVID-19, takes between 18 to 24 months to complete for the select few allowed to enter the pipeline.
But the administration on Thursday also announced an effort to refer more Ukrainians to the U.S. refugee program, focusing on identifying vulnerable displaced individuals in eastern Europe, including women, children, the elderly, people with severe medical conditions and members of the LGBTQ community.
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