President Joe Biden's administration is going to grant temporary deportation relief and work permits to several Ukrainians who are already in USA but cannot return to their homeland due to the Russian invasion, as per Reuters. The news was confirmed by DHS.?
This means Ukrainians in USA as of March 1 can work legally for a period of 18 months, DHS said. This comes after Russian forces invaded Ukraine on February 24.
Ukrainians shall get deportation relief and access to work permits under a program called Temporary Protected Status. This allows immigrants who can't return home safe due to extraordinary circumstances the ability to stay and work in USA legally for a certain period of time.?
"Russia¡¯s premeditated and unprovoked attack on Ukraine has resulted in an ongoing war, senseless violence, and Ukrainians forced to seek refuge in other countries," Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said in a written statement.?
Meanwhile, NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg slammed Russia's "recklessness" over the shelling of a nuclear power plant in Ukraine, as per AFP. He demanded that the aggression stop.?
"Overnight we have also seen reports about the attack against the nuclear power plant. This just demonstrates the recklessness of this war and the importance of ending it and the importance of Russia withdrawing all its troops and engaging good faith in diplomatic efforts," he said.?
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has appealed to Russians to protest the fact that Russian forces seized the largest nuclear power plant in Europe.?
"Russian people, I want to appeal to you: how is this possible? After all we fought together in 1986 against the Chernobyl catastrophe," he said in addressing them on TV.?
"You have to ... take to the streets and say that you want to live, you want to live on earth without radioactive contamination. Radiation does not know where Russia is, radiation does not know where the borders of your country are," he added.?
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