Kulyk legally entered the U.S. in late 2023 along with his wife, 38, and daughter, who’s now 5. The family was sponsored by U.S. citizens as part of the Uniting 4 Ukraine program, a humanitarian program set up in April 2022 to allow Ukrainians fleeing Russia’s war to live and work in the U.S. on “parole.”
Once the initial two-year parole period expires, entrants can file for re-parole to remain in the country longer. That’s exactly what Kulyk says he did. His wife and daughter’s applications were approved. But his remained pending.
He said he was putting groceries in his car on Jan. 1 when he was approached by three ICE agents.
“I explained to the ICE officers that the war was killing people, that my wife had a disability, that it was violence, terrorism which we had escaped from but one of them began to laugh,” Kulyk told The Daily Beast. “I asked why he was laughing and I was told that he was pro-Russian, wanted Russia to win the war.”
You do realize that he’s not an American pawn for exposing that the US government spies on all its citizens. How you’re OK that your government spies on you and all its citizens, and now it’s coming out that they have a secret list of dissidents that are labeled “domestic terrorists” that even congress can’t see, is nothing short of concerning. Let alone the fact that 2nd Amendment also doesn’t apply anymore, as you can’t have a gun at a protest against your secret police that are wearing face masks. But sure… Russia, Putin, Iran, and Venezuela.