ARVADA, Colo. (KDVR) -- Kostiantyn Mukhin and Eugenia Karkina love all things Ukraine. They're so proud of their native country, they opened up food trucks right here in Colorado, serving the hearty Ukrainian food they grew up on.

"We started work with a tent at a farmer's market," Mukhin, owner of Sunflower Ukrainian Foods, told FOX31.

But as much as they love their homeland 6,000 miles away, they don't want to be sent back to a dangerous war zone. Which is exactly their fear at the moment with an uncertain immigration future.

The two fled war-torn Kherson, Ukraine, and came to Colorado in the summer of 2022 with their daughter.

"We just took this opportunity, because at least this was the peaceful country," Karkina said.

They're among the 240,000 Ukrainians who came to America durin

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