Twin Cities family that fled Ukraine self-deporting
A family living in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, who fled Ukraine amid the war with Russia, is self-deporting on Monday.
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A family living in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, who fled Ukraine amid the war with Russia, is self-deporting on Monday.
An Eden Prairie family that escaped war-torn parts of Ukraine is now leaving the United States. They say they'll head to Europe for a couple of months, as long as they're allowed, while they try to figure out where they can live next. Only on WCCO, photojournalist Tom Aviles shares their story of self-deporting with hopes of returning one day.
A family living in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, were among the more than 200,000 Ukrainians who came to the U.S. through the United For Ukraine humanitarian program, which was recently ended by the Trump administration.
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