According to Reuters news agency on March 6 (local time), this move could take place in April and is a reversal of the policy of welcoming Ukrainians under the previous administration.
The plan is part of a larger effort to remove legal status for more than 1.8 million immigrants who have been allowed into the US under interim humanitarian programs, according to a senior official and sources within the US administration told Reuters.
The executive order issued by Trump on January 20 requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to end all group-level humanitarian temporary shelters. Accordingly, not only 240,000 Ukrainians but about 530,000 people from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela are also at risk of being deported in the coming time.
These people could face quick deportation, depending on how they enter the country. Illegal immigrants who cross the border can be deported within two years after entering the US, while those who cross the border without official regulations will not have a time limit for deportation.
The Independent newspaper quoted White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt as saying the above information, calling it "fake news" from Reuters and affirming that no decision had been made. She wrote on social network X that the anonymous source Reuters quoted did not reflect reality.
DHS spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin also affirmed that the ministry has not made any new announcement on this issue. Meanwhile, the Ukrainian government has yet to give an official response to Reuters' request for comment.
The US's consideration of revoking temporary humanitarian residence status for Ukrainians comes as the Trump administration is fulfilling its campaign commitments to tighten immigration policies and end programs implemented by the previous administration.
