US Immigration from Wales

https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/3460375-biden-vows-to-take-in-ukrainians-but-not-as-official-refugees/

According to this there will be no Refugee program.

https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/21/politics/biden-administration-ukraine-refugees/index.html

(CNN)The Biden administration announced a new program Thursday called "Uniting for Ukraine" that will provide a streamlined process for Ukrainian refugees seeking to come to the United States.

The move comes come nearly one month after President Joe Biden pledged to admit up to 100,000 Ukrainians fleeing Russia's invasion and is designed to more quickly get Ukrainians interested in coming to the US.
CNN reported earlier Thursday that the humanitarian parole program will require Ukrainians seeking entry to the US to be sponsored by a US citizen or individual, which would include resettlement organizations and non-profit organizations.
The Ukrainian applicants will need to undergo rigorous security vetting and checks, including biographic and biometric screening, and complete vaccinations and other public health requirements, including receiving the Covid-19 vaccine, to be eligible. Ukrainians must have also been residents in Ukraine as of February 11.
Sponsors would need to pass security background checks of their own as well as declare financial support. There is not a limit on the number of individuals that a person or group can sponsor, but administration officials noted they'll be evaluating their means and ability to support Ukrainians. The Department of Homeland Security will administer the program.
"DHS will continue to provide relief to the Ukrainian people, while supporting our European allies who have shouldered so much as the result of Russia's brutal invasion of Ukraine," Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said in a statement.
Through this process, Ukrainian applicants would be allowed to travel to the US and be considered for humanitarian parole on a case-by-case basis for up to two years. If accepted, the individuals would be eligible for work authorization.
Individuals can begin submitting applications through an online portal on April 25.
The limited pathways to the US so far have resulted in hundreds of Ukrainians going to Mexico, where it's easier to obtain a visa, to then try to enter the US through land ports of entry. More than 5,000 Ukrainians attempted to enter the US in March, including more than 3,200 at the southern border with Mexico, according to US Customs and Border Protection data.
A Homeland Security official stressed Thursday that Ukrainians shouldn't travel to Mexico to enter the US.
"Following the launch of Uniting for Ukraine, Ukrainians who present at land U.S. ports of entry without a valid visa or without pre-authorization to travel to the United States through Uniting for Ukraine will be denied entry and referred to apply through this program," according to DHS.
In addition to the humanitarian parole program, the State Department is working to expand its Refugee Admissions Program operations in Europe, with the goal of providing eligible individuals with better access to the Lautenberg program, an initiative aimed at helping those fleeing religious persecution from the Soviet Union, as well as stepping up referral mechanisms for Ukrainians seeking permanent resettlement.
More than 5 million people have fled Ukraine since Russia's invasion began in late February, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees said Wednesday.

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/hamedaleaziz/biden-administration-prosecutors-deportation-cases

The memo could be a way to cut the growing immigration court backlog. The staggering list of cases in immigration court, which number over 1 million, is unsustainable, officials say. Some cases take years to be heard.

[ICE] attorneys must be particularly mindful of the resource constraints under which we operate at a time when immigration courts docket toal over 1.5 million cases nationwide. Sound prioritization of our litigation efforts through the appropriate use of prosecutorial discretion can preserve limited government resources, Doyle wrote.

The memo explains to prosecutors that there are various ways to exercise discretion, but removing nonpriority cases from the docket is the agency s preference.

https://archive.ph/ubI5W#selection-83.5-83.76

The Department of Homeland Security recognizes that the unjustified Russian war of aggression has created a humanitarian crisis, the memo outlining the exemption process for Ukrainians said.

For most newly arriving Ukrainians, this means they would be allowed to stay for at least a year under a provision called humanitarian parole and wouldn t have to apply for asylum or other protections during that time. On Thursday, in Poland, President Biden announced plans to accept up to 100,000 Ukrainian refugees. It is unclear when they might start arriving in the U.S.

Things are less clear for Russians. In recent months, thousands of Russians seem to have been allowed to ask for asylum and given court dates to begin asylum proceedings. But in recent days, growing numbers have been turned back and told to wait in Mexico, according to immigration advocates, migrants and others.

Anastasiia Davidson, a 19-year-old hookah-bar barista from Kharkiv whose husband is an American, said she and her family debated where she should go in the lead-up to the war, choosing between Canada and Mexico. They settled on Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, a beach resort she had visited in early February. She decided to meet up with her husband at the border in Tijuana on Sunday, after the memo authorizing exemptions for Ukrainians was issued.
Ben Davidson, her husband, said the plan was always for Anastasiia to join him in San Francisco they have already applied for a visa but the war sped up the process.
She was going to wait out the U.S. immigration system in Ukraine, but now she has no home to go back to, Mr. Davidson said. We were planning on her going to Canada, but it looks like she s going to be able to come in.
Ms. Davidson said the rest of her family has stayed in Ukraine. My house already was bombed. My grandmother s house was already bombed, she said, adding that her uncle was killed on the second day of the war. Every day it s like a nightmare.
Ms. Davidson and her husband flew home to San Francisco Sunday afternoon.

Mention of being admitted with Humanitarian Parole for 1 year.

So you could then adjust if such a route is available.