Ukraine gets safe status for people from there
S. 5490 — A bill to designate Ukraine under section 244 of the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide certain nationals of Ukraine with continued eligibility for temporary protected status, and for other purposes. · Filed by Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) · 3 cosponsors · Introduced Sep 23, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
This bill lets people from Ukraine stay and work in the United States. They get safe status, which means they cannot be sent back. If the law passes after October 20, 2026, it covers people from Ukraine. It goes back to that date. The Department of Homeland Security must say yes or no within 90 days.
Who it affects
People from Ukraine can stay and work. People with no country who last lived in Ukraine can also stay and work. They cannot be sent back.
One thing to notice
The bill covers people who came or stayed against the rules. This covers the time from October 20, 2026 until the law passes. They will not be punished for that time.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
3 cosponsors: 2 Republicans, 1 Democrats.
- Sep 23, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in Senate”
- Sep 23, 2026 — Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary · Congress.gov: “Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- safe status — A legal status that lets foreign people stay and work in the U.S. when their home country faces war or disaster.
- Department of Homeland Security — The federal agency that handles who can come to the U.S. and who must leave.
- sent back — Forced to leave the United States and return to your home country.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (1,862 characters) on Sep 30, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 16,222 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-10-20.
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