Reuters Delivers Shameless Report on Ukrainians Allegedly Being Threatened With Repatriation by Trump

This is the state of things in the press these days. In a bid that is pure hype being played to their audience, while claiming to be news, the media syndicate Reuters shows it panders to a slanted audience for clicks. This is such a shallow headline bait report that it is easy to tear asunder in multiple ways.

The claim here is that Trump is set to ship out hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians living in the U.S. All the elements are in place to spark a reaction from the resistance crowd: Trump, Ukraine, the conflict with Zelensky, immigration, and vile repatriation. That all of this never rises above speculative wish casting is apparently of little concern to the editorial powers at Reuters. Behold the shamelessness.

This nonsense relies on anonymous sourcing, numerous actions that “could” happen, has been roundly denied, and is so vacant in its foundation half of the report is about unrelated details. pic.twitter.com/nkxHVm6vde
— Lie-Able Sources (@LieAbleSources) March 6, 2025

There are so many ways to shred this, beginning with the use of four anonymous sources. The report cites one “senior Trump official," and the rest are literally nobodies ("sources familiar with the matter"). Seriously, we are told they relied on three nameless individuals, with no attribution to their position. As nearly useless as this is, two actual people from inside the administration are on the record dismissing this outright – but Reuters only gives them a passing mention.

DHS spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin stated there is no new announcement to speak of. Then, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt came out to completely disavow things, posting that “No decision has been made at this time.” Now, professionally, it would seem a reporter would place more weight on the official words on the record, but we left professionalism behind years ago. Both officials rated no more than a single sentence apiece.

In looking into the meat of the matter, we are left with what amounts to Spam jerky. Instead of Ukrainians being primed to be shipped out, we see that there are numerous tenuous connections of items that amount to a Possibly-If-Could-Happen-Partially scenario. This is all rooted in a broad rollback of a Biden policy, one put in place with an executive order on Trump’s first day in office.

A Trump executive order issued on January 20 called for DHS to "terminate all categorical parole programs."
It is part of a broader Trump administration effort to strip legal status from more than 1.8 million migrants allowed to enter the U.S. under temporary humanitarian parole programs launched under the Biden administration, the sources said.
Migrants stripped of their parole status could face fast-track deportation proceedings.
The move, expected as soon as April, would be a stunning reversal of the welcome Ukrainians received under President Joe Biden's administration.

To summarize: An existing policy POSSIBLY involves immigrants from various nations and IF they become included COULD be deported, which PARTIALLY involves Ukrainians – and MAYBE it happens...in April. This deviates quite far from the certainty provided in the headline.

And just to underscore the vacancy of this report, at the midway point, it completely abandons all mention of Ukraine – the entire second half is dedicated to the plight of an Afghanistan resident.

This is simply a sad and pathetic attempt to drum up controversy, absent anything tangible regarding the story's content. But, it sure makes for an inciteful headline – perfectly crafted to be shared on social media, and to generate outrage.

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