The United States Thursday said it plans to accept up to 100,000 Ukrainian war refugees. More than $1 billion in new funding will also be provided for humanitarian assistance for victims of Russia’s war on Ukraine, according to the White House.
The White House said in a statement that Ukraine war refugees will be welcomed through “the full range of legal pathways, including the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program.”
President Joe Biden is expected to announce the plans in Brussels Thursday. Exact details on how to do that are still being determined.
The White House said, “In particular we are working to expand and develop new programs with a focus on welcoming Ukrainians who have family members in the United States.”
Among the pathways to welcome up to 100,000 Ukrainian refugees are “humanitarian parole” done through presidential authority and a program called Priority 2, used to help others fleeing war zones in the past.
The United States has deployed a 25-person humanitarian response team to assess the needs, provide assistance and coordinate humanitarian efforts closely with the United Nations, NGO’s and the government of Ukraine.
The White House said the effort is working to reach 3.1 million people in Ukraine with ready-to-eat rations, canned goods, bread, wheat, flour, and oil.
Mobile medical teams are also working to provide emergency health supplies and medicine. Mobile teams are also providing psychological and mental health support.
The White House Thursday said Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine also threatens to disrupt the supply of agriculture commodities from the Black Sea region.
The United States will be providing over $11 billion over five years to address food security threats and malnutrition across the globe.
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If we keep accepting people in here, we are going to have to map out some geographical ambitions of our own like Putin.
Joe allows in 2 million illegals From Haiti and Central America who came from homes, but only 100,000 Ukrainians of European descent who have no homes left to go back to? Apparently, they are not of the right skin color to keep his race obsessed party Apparatchiks satisfied who would actually view them as a threat to the party. If their Ukrainian men got hired to guard our borders, having years of experience guarding their own from the Russians, the Democrat party would be in total rebellion. Odessa is smack dab in the middle of Texas and not all that far from the Mexican border.
SINCE many americans are having a hard time about finding homes, HOW EXACTLY WILL these refugees, get placed??
I have no problem with accepting 100K people who can fight like the Ukrainians. Bring ’em on. We may need them.
Joe , all those illegal immigrants that have entered our country and that you have relocated to select states will be very unhappy with you. Letting 100,000 Ukraine people into the USA to take their jobs and free stuff.
Think is only fair to US citizens footing the bill to deport one illegal alien for every Ukrainian import.
While we are tossing around US taxpayer $ maybe they should.mention cost of the 1,000 missiles per day that Zelensky is demanding from.USA.
From what I read online:
500 Javelin missiles will cost about $87 million per dsy.
500 Stinger missiles cost about $20 million per day.
Total of $107 million per day & $3.2 billion for month supply.
Also read that Stinger missiles out of production so guess we are depleting our stockpile to send to Ukraine.
IMO, the EU countries with population of about 457 million vs 350 million in US should be financially & militarily responsible for Ukraine war with Russia before US is involved.
And it’s strange how the ‘Bankruptcy R Us’ climate change freaks are silent on EU &:even US having to get life & death energy supplies of fossil fue! from Marxist.Venezuela & terrorist Iran.
Now I see why current Dem Party govt & past govts have permitted multi millions of illegal aliens into US for working class citizens to support to the tune of $300 billion a year.
US govts don’t want citizens to have use of our own fossil.fuel & they don’t want their millionaire donors to have to pay citizens high rates to do the dirty jobs that illegal aliens will.do cheap while citizens support thrm.
Not just that, but think HOW MUCH more climate issues there are from ALL THOSE THOUSANDS OF TANKS being blown up, all those buildings getting blown up etc.. YET not one peep out of them.