The local family wants the U.S. to grant refugee status to Ukrainians so Americans can host loved ones or strangers fleeing the war more quickly.
They lived in the capital city of Kyiv and first escaped to a city near the western border, and then on to Warsaw, Poland.Two sisters - one from St Charles and the other from the Milwaukee area - went to Warsaw to meet their parents, a family friend and two dogs.Volunteers drove their parents from Kyiv to the Polish border. A cousin still in Kyiv retrieved passports that were forgotten in the rush to leave.
"This has been an extremely challenging experience for us, Leah, and we realize we are one of the more lucky ones," Dunn said. "How is it possible that the system is not anyhow expedited taking into consideration that there is full blown war?" Dunn said.
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