The United States has asked some Ukrainians living legally
in the country under a Biden-era humanitarian parole program to leave the
country.
According to CNN, the Ukranians received a notice this week
from the Department of Homeland Security telling them to leave the US.
The message has reportedly prompted panic and later turned
out to be erroneous, according to the news channel.
“It is time for you to leave the United States,” the
department wrote Thursday to some Ukrainians, as quoted by CNN.
It was a “notice of termination of parole,” which was
obtained by CNN.
It added that their parole was to expire in seven days,
warning: “Do not attempt to remain in the United States — the federal
government will find you.”
However, the message was said to have been “in error,”
according to a follow-up communication obtained by CNN.
The subsequent notice also said that “no action will be
taken” as indicated in the previous message, adding, “the terms of your parole
as originally issued remain unchanged at this time.”
The administration of President Donald Trump is cracking
down on immigration, deporting hundreds of illegal immigrants.
DHS confirmed in a statement to CNN that the message sent to
some Ukrainians under the parole program was a mistake and that the “parole
program has not been terminated”.
There are also no plans to end the program, a spokesperson
told CNN. DHS paused admissions under the program in January, shortly after
Trump took office.
“This shocked everyone that received this,” said Angela
Boelens, the president and founder of IA NICE, an organization that helps
sponsor Ukrainian families.
She went on to detail the experience of two women, one of
whom is pregnant and the other who has an infant, who received the email and
“were just immediately terrorized. They were crying, calling their sponsors,
saying, ‘What did I do?’”
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