Under the Trump Administration, Ukrainians are the fastest growing nationality to receive refugee status in the US, growing from 3% in 2016 to 15% last year

Under the Trump Administration, Ukrainians are the fastest growing nationality to receive refugee status in the US, growing from 3% in 2016 to 15% last year, The Washington Post reports in a lengthy feature from Washington State, the primary destination. Most Ukrainians come in under the Lautenberg Amendment, a 1989 law that allows historically persecuted groups in the former Soviet Union to emigrate to the US without having to demonstrate persecution. Last year, most of the 4,551 Ukrainians who came as refugees were Protestants. Refugees interviewed by Post reporter Abigail Hauslohner largely cited economic reasons for leaving Ukraine.