Legal protections for roughly 120,000 Ukrainians who fled Russia’s invasion under the Biden-era Uniting for Ukraine humanitarian parole program expire on Friday, according to a Wall Street Journal report. Unless the Trump administration extends the two-year entry permits, the refugees will immediately fall out of legal status, exposing them to detention and deportation and cutting them off from work authorization and federal benefits. The lapse comes as the White House weighs broader changes to U.S. refugee policy. Reuters reported that officials are discussing capping total admissions for the next fiscal year at about 40,000—down from the 100,000 ceiling set for 2024—and allocating as many as 30,000 slots to white South Africans. No decision has been finalized, but the deliberations underscore a shift in emphasis that could leave Ukrainians and other nationalities with fewer formal pathways to stay in the United States.
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