85,000 Ukrainians fled to the US, and twice as many Americans offered to help

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9 min read . Updated: 24 Nov 2022, 11:28 PM IST BEN COHEN, The Wall Street Journal

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A new government program cut through red tape and slashed a process from years to weeks. It’s why a woman from Ukraine is living with a family in North Carolina.

Mariia Holovan left Ukraine on a bus to Poland, waited for what felt like forever at the border, flew to Chicago, then connected to Charlotte, N.C., and met an American named Grant Jones. Together they went to her new home in the United States.