Greater than 271,000 Ukrainian refugees have been admitted to the USA since the Russian invasion of Ukraine started one yr in the past, in keeping with the Division of Homeland Safety, far above President Joe Biden’s acknowledged goal of admitting 100,000.
Simply over two-fifths, or greater than 117,000, of those that have been admitted got here by way of the Biden administration’s “Uniting for Ukraine” program, which permits Individuals to sponsor Ukrainians to show that they are going to be financially supported within the U.S. DHS, which administers this system, stated greater than 200,000 Individuals got here ahead as sponsors.
About 150,000 Ukrainians got here to the U.S. exterior of this system, some by the standard refugee program and others by crossing the U.S.-Mexico border previous to this system launching final April.
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“DHS stays dedicated to supporting Ukrainians in the USA, and we proceed to discover alternatives to supply avenues for humanitarian aid and safety for Ukrainians fleeing Russia’s unprovoked conflict,” a DHS spokesperson stated.
Along with Individuals sponsoring particular person Ukrainians, many extra have supported efforts to supply emergency aid to Ukraine and to refugees displaced from the nation.
On the crowdsourced fundraising web site GoFundMe, Individuals and American organizations have raised greater than $275 million for humanitarian aid and Ukrainian causes.
Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher’s GoFundMe “Stand With Ukraine” turned the second-highest fundraiser within the web site’s historical past, elevating greater than $37 million.
