It is difficult to explain to the Ukrainian families that I sponsored to come to the U.S. that, though the program they arrived through was legal when Biden was President, it has since been declared illegal and that, though they were promised they could stay in the U.S. for two years from the day they arrived, that rug might be yanked ou…
It is difficult to explain to the Ukrainian families that I sponsored to come to the U.S. that, though the program they arrived through was legal when Biden was President, it has since been declared illegal and that, though they were promised they could stay in the U.S. for two years from the day they arrived, that rug might be yanked out from under them and they might be considered “illegal” and deportable soon, through no fault of their own. They struggle to believe me, because that is the way the Russian government operates, not the American one. It upends everything they ever believed about America.
I don’t really know what my point is. I’m just sad and scared for them. These are human beings trapped in terrible circumstances through no fault of their own, and Dems who just see a “losing issue.”
I'm concerned about the Afghan interpreters who helped our troops at the risk of themselves and their families. They were promised new lives in the US and quadruple-vetted to fulfill these obligations.
Now many are stuck in Afghanistan, where they will be murdered by the Taliban, or in Pakistan where they will be sent back to Afghanistan, or in third countries like Qatar, where they were waiting to be brought to the US and are now stranded without careers or citizenship.
It is difficult to explain to the Ukrainian families that I sponsored to come to the U.S. that, though the program they arrived through was legal when Biden was President, it has since been declared illegal and that, though they were promised they could stay in the U.S. for two years from the day they arrived, that rug might be yanked out from under them and they might be considered “illegal” and deportable soon, through no fault of their own. They struggle to believe me, because that is the way the Russian government operates, not the American one. It upends everything they ever believed about America.
I don’t really know what my point is. I’m just sad and scared for them. These are human beings trapped in terrible circumstances through no fault of their own, and Dems who just see a “losing issue.”
I'm concerned about the Afghan interpreters who helped our troops at the risk of themselves and their families. They were promised new lives in the US and quadruple-vetted to fulfill these obligations.
Now many are stuck in Afghanistan, where they will be murdered by the Taliban, or in Pakistan where they will be sent back to Afghanistan, or in third countries like Qatar, where they were waiting to be brought to the US and are now stranded without careers or citizenship.
I am also scared for the ones who did make it here. Who knows who Trump will round up indiscriminately.
Annette - thank you for your efforts in supporting & advocating for the Ukrainian branches of our human family