The Department of Homeland Security has approved nearly 6,000 visas for Ukrainians which allow them to fly into U.S. airports then stay with a U.S. sponsor family, the agency said.The visas are approved after Ukrainians fleeing the war file an application through an online portal known as Uniting for , launched April 25 as part of President Biden's promise to allow 100,000 Ukrainians resettle in the U.S. But the launch of the online portal comes with the closing of the Tijuana port of entry for Ukrainians. Many had been taking the dangerous and unlawful route of first traveling to on tourist visas, then camping out and waiting for Border Patrol to transport them from Tijuana to . But on April 25 border agents began turning away Ukrainians who tried to enter this way, after allowing about 20,000 in at the southern border previously.
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