I expressed myself regarding TPS visas many times. I very strongly believe that the TPS visa should not exist. I won’t repeat the whole story again but TPS is the absolute worst thing that happened to Central America in the past 30 years. Use the search function on this blog to find my posts about Salvadoran gangs and how they came into existence.
Regarding specifically Ukrainian refugees, I assume people are unaware that one of the most controversial policies of the Zelensky government is that it wants the countries who took in Ukrainian refugees to return them. Last year, a new ministry was created in Ukraine to look into ways of bringing back these refugees. Two days ago, a large sum was appropriated in the Ukrainian budget to support these policies. One of the main complaints about the Zelensky government in Ukraine is precisely that it’s too aggressive in trying to bring back the refugees. There’s endless talk that the government is exercising pressure on European allies to start revoking the refugee status. This is controversial in Ukraine but it’s a big subject of discussion.
There are two, I’d say, schools of thought in Ukraine regarding what to do about the population collapse that happened because of the war. One school of thought advocates bringing in millions of migrants from Asia. The competing school of thought wants to bring back the existing Ukrainians. This is debated hotly, and I’ve participated in many a discussion regarding whether to embrace the neoliberal theory of people as interchangeable widgets or not. Its the perennial neoliberals versus nationalists debate. Zelensky was originally elected because people thought he’d be more globalist and less nationalistic. And he disappointed many (and charmed many others) by moving rapidly and dramatically towards nationalism.
I hope this context helps people figure out the situation.
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