Spokane refugees at risk as World Relief navigates changing U.S. policies

News Story by Cassy Benefield | FāVS News

Julie Horbenko does not know if she will be welcome in the United States much longer. She and her mother came to Spokane on former President Joe Biden’s Uniting for Ukraine humanitarian parole program. This gave them temporary residency while they figured out their next steps or waited for the war in Ukraine to end.

Even though she received an extension to her parole after reapplying and technically has two more years legally in the states, she’s unsure whether President Donald Trump will choose to deport her and others who are here on humanitarian parole.

“It’s feeling like when I’m thinking about buying a thing, I always think, if I’m going to leave, am I going to take this thing or not,” Horbenko said. “It might happen, and we need to be ready.”

Read the story at FāVS News.