Trump Signals Ukrainians Can Stay—for Now

Amid crackdown on humanitarian parole, president offers tentative protection for 240,000 Ukrainians displaced by war

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump indicated this week that Ukrainian refugees in the United States will likely be allowed to remain until Russia’s invasion of Ukraine ends, offering temporary reassurance to approximately 240,000 Ukrainians who have fled the conflict since February 2022.

“I think we will, yes, I will,” Trump told DW’s Misha Komadovsky when asked if he would permit Ukrainians who escaped the war to stay in the U.S. “We have a lot of people that came in from Ukraine, and we’re working with them,” he added.