#Petition: U​.​S. Needs to Accept Ukrainian Refugees IMMEDIATELY

There is a misconception that the U.S. has already created a pathway for Ukrainian Refugees to come to America. But that is not the reality. In fact, only 7 Ukrainian refugees resettled in the U.S. in March. President Biden has made several statements over the past week stating that he would “welcome Ukrainian refugees with open arms” but has yet to announce a plan. Lawmakers have proposed solutions and are waiting for Biden to do something about it. Join 60,000 signers urging President Biden to fulfill his promise and accept Ukrainian refugees immediately. U​.​S. Needs to Accept Ukrainian Refugees IMMEDIATELY 66,987 have signed Deborah Testa’s petition. Let’s get to 75,000!

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Please help to reunite Ukrainian Refugees with their families in the U.S. who can support and help them to rebuild their lives by signing this Petition to President Biden and other White House Officials. At present, there is NOofficial Ukrainian Refugee Program in the U.S. for Ukrainian families to come to the United States—even for those who have immediate family members as Citizens/Residents in the U.S. or official sponsors.  Other options such as the Family Reunification immigration process currently have a wait time of about15 years! Watch these stories to learn more about how this is impacting families who have lost everything – their homes, families, jobs, and all of their belongings for a chance to escape a war-torn country. Thank you for your support. Please sign and share! Family Pushes for Streamlined Pathway for Ukrainian Refugees to Come to U.S. We Are Talking About Real People - First Coast News Help Families to Reunite - Channel 4 News 15 Year Wait for Refugee Family - CNN HLN _________________________________________________________ Dear President Biden, It’s time for the United States of America to step up to an international responsibility and assist with allowing Ukrainian Refugees to come to the United States:  especially those who have immediate family members living in the United States and those who have direct sponsors.  Despite a US announcement that they’d take in Ukrainian Refugees, there is currently no reasonable process for Ukrainians to apply for refugee status in the U.S.  The Ukrainian people, mothers, fathers, and children, woke up to explosions and artillery fire. Their peaceful cities are now being ransacked by tanks and ground troops willingly shooting at civilians. They are fleeing for the chance to live and to remain free. Mothers and children are being torn away from their husbands and fathers who must remain in Ukraine to fight. They are losing everything they have established – their homes, their families, their jobs, and all of their belongings for a chance to escape a war-torn country. Many of these Ukrainians have immediate family living in the United States actively working to try to help them flee. These families deserve to reunite and receive support from their loved ones in the United States in order to reestablish their lives. Europe has been stepping up and taking in refugees on a humanitarian basis for many years now, and are accepting Ukrainian Refugees with open arms.  Furthermore, we have a responsibility as it relates to the Budapest Memorandum of 1994, signed by Russia, The U.S., and UK as it relates to Ukraine.  With the entrance of Ukraine into the international order as a non-nuclear state, Russia, the U.S. and the U.K. pledged to “respect the independence and sovereignty and the existing borders of Ukraine.” The memorandum reaffirmed their obligation to “refrain from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of Ukraine.” The signatories also reaffirmed their commitment to “seek immediate” UN Security Council action “to provide assistance to Ukraine if Ukraine should become a victim of an act of aggression.”  In other words, we should have their backs.  Obviously, Russia has broken yet another agreement, and is causing pain, death and destruction.   Ukrainians are peaceful, hard-working, industrious people.  A large percentage of their population is highly educated.  Additionally, we currently have a labor shortage  in the U.S.  These individuals can help to mitigate our shortage. These people will be bright stars for the U.S. and will not burden our country or citizens.  DO IT NOW please...we have no time to waste.

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