We could do the exact same thing for migrants from the global south fleeing gang violence and climate change and repressive governments and all the rest, but we won't because the US is a racist country
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I’ve never heard more Ukrainian spoken at Costco than in the last 2 years. But apparently Mexicans are the problem? These Ukrainians are “taking our jobs” yet the GQP and MAGA probably don’t even know they exist, because they aren’t brown. Hypocrites
I grew up in Central America in the 80s. The u.s sent CIA death squads, destabilized my country and used us as proxies, trashed our country to keep Russia out. Then they wonder why we can't stay in our own countries (cause you wrecked em), and why we need American jobs (cause you stole our wealth and turned us into a neo colony). And those same conservatives who caused all of our suffering, call us wet backs and rapists, now suck Russian dick.
I am not “you,” and Ukrainians are not Russians. The only people sucking Russian dicks are the GQP.
If you know I'm not talking about you, why do you think I'm talking about you?
Because you responded to me, using “you,” and since it’s not ME, and you didn’t specify whom you mean’t, I can only assume you were talking about people from New Zealand, who have nothing to do with this. It’s important to specify who you’re talking to.
Otherwise you sound like an asshole. And by you I mean Russians, not you.
See?
Just read it again without taking it personally. You've got the wrong Idea.
How would you know?
Sounds about white
This is the best summary I could come up with:
In April 2022, the Biden administration created an unprecedented program known as "Uniting for Ukraine," allowing an unlimited number of Ukrainians sponsored by Americans to come to the U.S. and work here legally without having to go through the lengthy visa process.
"The Department has delivered on President Biden's commitment to welcome Ukrainians fleeing Russia's premeditated and unprovoked war on Ukraine," Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said in a statement.
Republican-led states, for example, have filed lawsuits against virtually every major Biden administration immigration policy, including a similar sponsorship program for migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela.
While the arrival of hundreds of thousands of migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border has strained resources in some communities like New York City, Chicago and Denver, the resettlement of Ukrainians has not provoked the same backlash, nor triggered major political problems for the Biden administration.
Applications for the Uniting for Ukraine program are also adjudicated fairly quickly, sometimes in a matter of weeks or even days — a rarity in a backlogged and understaffed U.S. immigration system.
Krish O'Mara Vignarajah, president and CEO of the refugee resettlement organization Global Refuge, said Uniting for Ukraine "shows how the U.S. can act with swiftness when it wants to."
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