
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced Friday that it “accidentally” sent an email Thursday to a number of Ukrainians currently residing legally in the United States, stating that their legal status in the U.S. had been revoked and they must immediately leave the country or the “federal government will find you.” The Ukrainians who received the email, are in the United States under a parole program created under President Biden, allowing around 240,000 Ukrainians to temporarily live in the U.S. after fleeing the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. Part of the email from Homeland Security read, “If you do not depart the United States immediately you will be subject to potential law enforcement actions that will result in your removal from the United States,” before a follow-up message was sent Friday stating that the email Thursday was an error while adding, “the terms of your parole as originally issued remain unchanged at this time.”