Once welcomed in US, Ukrainians now fret under Trump

By Agence France-Presse

Mar 26, 2025 10:45 am

SAN DIEGO — With Russian troops ravaging their native Kharkiv, Nikita Demydov and his wife Alina were offered a way out when the United States welcomed them and their five-year-old daughter as part of a humanitarian program.

But that welcome is now being withdrawn under President Donald Trump, whose administration has suspended 'Uniting for Ukraine,' which allowed more than 200,000 Ukrainians to legally reside in the country.

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