N.J. will accept Ukrainian refugees fleeing Russian invasion
The United Nations has projected that number could balloon into the millions in coming weeks. Most are women and children since Ukraine has conscripted men between the ages of 18 and 60 to fight.
Murphy said in his letter that New Jersey has watched the invasion in “sadness and horror” and noted that the Garden State is home to 75,000 residents of Ukrainian descent, many who arrived as refugees from the former Soviet Union.Russian President Vladimir Putin over the invasion, calling it “a war of choice by a thug.”
“The war in Ukraine is exactly the type of crisis TPS was created for—to allow people to live and work in the United States when they are unable to return home safely,”In a letter to Biden, the 39 senators, who also included Cory Booker, asked that the administration “promptly take all necessary steps to ensure that Ukrainian nationals present in the United States are not forced to return to Ukraine.
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