Trump says he will likely allow Ukrainians to stay in us during the war

President Donald Trump said he would likely authorize the Ukrainians who fled Russia to stay in the United States, ending months of uncertainty about whether they would be forced to leave.

“I think we will do it, yes, I think, I think we will,” said Trump on Tuesday evening of the White House in response to a question of journalists as to if he will allow Ukrainians to stay in the United States until the end of the war.

“We have a lot of people who came from Ukraine, and we work with them,” he added.

President Donald Trump speaks to the press near Rose Garden after his return to the White House on July 29, 2025 in Washington DC (Mehmet Eser / Middle East Images / AFP via Getty Images)

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The concerns about the temporary protection status (TPS) was granted to around 240,000 Ukrainians who fled war in the United States within the framework of the government program known under the name of Ukraine (U4U), implemented for the first time in April 2022, was reinforced from the first day when Trump came into office in January when he published the executive decree which was holder of security. “”

Eight days later, on January 28, the Ministry of Internal Security (DHS) confirmed that the order had interrupted the government program, preventing other Ukrainians from entering the United States under these protections.

However, even if the TP remained in place for the Ukrainians already in the United States, the concern has remained high in the midst of reports in March that the president envisaged the abolition of this protection status.

The Ukrainians carry their bags as they go from a train from Zaporizhzhia to Przemysl station on September 30, 2022 in Przemysl, Poland. (Omar Marques / Getty Images)

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White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt Responded to Reuters reports and called it “false news” before adding “no decision has been made at the moment”.

However, when they were asked for reports later in the day, Trump said: “We are certainly not looking to harm them.

“And I look at this, and there were people who think it’s appropriate, and some people don’t do it, and I make a decision very soon,” he added.

Confusion remained after DHS in April would have distributed an email To some Ukrainians of the TPS program inform them that their status had been dismissed and that they should leave the country within seven days.

The DHS later confirmed that it was sent by mistake, but the error highlighted the uncertainty that persisted for months.

The firefighters work on the site of the horses of horses strongly damaged by a Russian drone strike in the middle of the attack of Russia against Ukraine, Odesa, Ukraine, on July 11, 2025. (Reuters / Nina Liashonok)

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Trump’s latest assurances come when he has become more and more frustrated by the continuous attacks by Russian President Vladimir Putin against civilian populations in Ukraine despite American attempts to forge a cease-fire.

Trump also announced Tuesday that Putin had 10 days to conclude a kind of peace agreement with Ukraine or face secondary sanctions against his main goods – oil.

Neither the White House nor the DHS immediately answered questions from Fox News Digital concerning the president’s recent announcement, and it is not clear if the U4U program could also be reopened to other Ukrainian citizens when the war continues.