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President Donald Trump. Photo by Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images

President Donald Trump. Photo by Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images

Ted Hesson and Kristina Cooke

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US president Donald Trump has said he will soon decide whether to revoke temporary legal status for about 240,000 Ukrainians who fled the conflict with Russia, following a Reuters report that his administration planned to take that step.

Such a move would be a stunning reversal of the welcome Ukrainians received under former president Joe Biden’s administration and potentially put them on a fast-track to deportation.

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