DHS grants Ukrainians in U.S. temporary protected status for 18 months

“In these extraordinary times, we will continue to offer our support and protection to Ukrainian nationals in the United States,” DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said in a statement. | Drew Angerer/Getty Images

The Department of Homeland Security announced on Thursday that it was granting temporary protected status to Ukrainians in the United States for 18 months.

Anyone applying for the status, which will allow them to remain in the country, for now, must have been living in the U.S. by March 1, 2022. Ukrainians who traveled to the country after that date are not eligible, DHS said.

“Russia’s premeditated and unprovoked attack on Ukraine has

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