The Department of Homeland Security mistakenly emailed Ukrainian war refugees in the U.S. on Friday to inform them they must self-deport.
The message, which DHS has acknowledged was sent in error, told an undisclosed number of people in the country legally under the Ukrainian Humanitarian Parole program that they had seven days to leave the country.
CBS News reported the Thursday email read, “DHS is now exercising its discretion to terminate your parole. Unless it expires sooner, your parole will terminate 7 days from the date of this notice.”
The alert added those who failed to self-deport would “be subject to potential law enforcement actions that will result in your removal from the United States.”
The message concluded, “Again, DHS is terminating your parole. Do not attempt to remain in the United States — the federal government will find you… Please depart the United States immediately.”
What a bunch of f*ck*ng clowns!
OOF! DHS Accidentally Tells Ukrainian War Refugees to Self-Deport
The message, which DHS has acknowledged was sent in error, told an undisclosed number of people in the country under the Ukrainian Humanitarian Parole program.
Badar Khan Suri didn’t carry a weapon. He carried a syllabus.
A postdoc at Georgetown, he taught courses on peacebuilding, minority rights, and international diplomacy. His lectures challenged power with principle. His research gave voice to the stateless. That was his crime.
DHS never accused him of violence. Never accused him of lying. Just thinking too loudly. Being too brown, too bold, too unwilling to shut up.
And so, in March 2025, they grabbed him.
Masked agents. No warning. Broad daylight. His children watched from the window. His wife — a U.S. citizen — screamed as the SUV pulled away. Georgetown stayed silent for three days. Then the protests began. Students. Professors. Even Jewish alumni. All demanding his release.
The government didn’t care.
What evidence did they offer? His father-in-law was once a Hamas spokesperson. That’s it. No charges. No trial. No defense. Just guilt by association, passed down like a curse.
They revoked his visa. Hauled him to Texas. Locked him away without a single charge.
As of April 2025, he remains detained at the Prairieland Detention Center in Alvarado, Texas. He has not been deported. He has not been charged. A federal judge has temporarily blocked his removal while his legal team fights back. His next immigration court hearing is scheduled for May 6.
They call him a national security threat.
We call him a scholar silenced.
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