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A Ukrainian family living in Watertown, South Dakota, under humanitarian parole had their status extended until 2027.

The family's parole was set to expire, but with assistance from Rep. Dusty Johnson's office, they received an extension.

The family fled the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022 and hopes to obtain green cards for permanent residency.

Ilona Biliaze refreshed a government website on her phone in late July, checking for updates on her immigration case again and again.

Biliaze, her husband and two teenage children are displaced Ukrainians living in Watertown under a temporary legal status known as humanitarian parole after they fled the Russian invasion in 2022. She watched as the updates changed: Their decision was a month away. Then it was three weeks

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