“Heartbreak” is the word Queens Congressman Gregory Meeks uses to describe what he saw during a bipartisan delegation he led to the border of Poland and Ukraine. Ukraine
Meeks, who is the chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, made the trip to assess the needs at the border, which has received the largest influx of refugees fleeing Ukraine.
This is Meek’s second trip to Eastern Europe this year. Prior to the attack, he led a congressional delegation to Ukraine in February. “In this dark time, the United States has helped usher unprecedented amounts of assistance from the United States, Europe, our allies and partners around the world, from North America to the Indo-Pacific, to aid Ukraine in defense of its nation,” Meeks said on the House floor ahead of the vote. “I believe we must sustain that assistance for as long as Ukrainians fight for a democratic future, free from Russian oppression.
The AmNews has reported about the racism that many African immigrants in the Ukraine are facing while trying to flee the country. Africans at train stations were prevented from getting onboard trains and being told they would have to walk to Poland. Meeks said finding out more about what’s being done about racism was a priority.
“We’ve got a bill that’s coming up, that we’ll be voting on as far as more dollars is concerned for the purchase of more weapons that we can send,” Meeks said. “It’s clear that all of this destruction is happening because of one man, one aggressor, in this deal. And that’s Vladimir Putin.”
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