US Immigration from Wales

Mention of being admitted with Humanitarian Parole for 1 year.

So you could then adjust if such a route is available.

https://www.axios.com/biden-border-mexico-migrants-title-42-a91b6441-2197-463f-ab1f-2435824a9566.html

U.S. intelligence officials are privately bracing for a massive influx of more than 170,000 migrants at the Mexico border if COVID-era policies that allow instant expulsions during the public health emergency are ended, sources with direct knowledge of the discussions tell Axios.

The response under way includes a newly created and previously unreported Southwest Border Coordination Center (SBCC), essentially a war room to coordinate an interagency response.
Why it matters: Border officials have used Title 42 more than 1 million times to rapidly expel migrants at the southern border without hearing asylum claims. But the Trump-era order wasn't set up to be permanent, and senior Biden officials are preparing for its end as the virus is brought under control.

Department of Homeland Security intelligence estimates that perhaps 25,000 migrants already are waiting in Mexican shelters just south of the border for Title 42 to end.
On Wednesday, DHS Deputy Secretary John Tien asked employees "to consider stepping forward to support the DHS Volunteer Force," citing large numbers of migrants at the southwest border, according to an email seen by Axios. The email seeks general support for U.S. Customs and Border Protection and help with data entry.
Sources spoke to Axios on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive internal conversations.
What they re saying: White House spokesperson Vedant Patel did not confirm or dispute specifics of Axios reporting but said in a statement, Of course the Administration is doing our due diligence to prepare for potential changes at the border.

"That is good government in action, the statement said. As always is the case this Administration is working every day to provide relief to immigrants, restore order, fairness, and humanity to our immigration system and bring it into the 21st century.
Behind the scenes: Internal discussions have raised alarms that human trafficking networks throughout Mexico and Central America will exploit the situation to "generate a mass migration event."

Top Biden officials representing multiple agencies have been meeting to discuss a whole-of-government plan to deal with the potentially record-breaking spring influx of migrants. DHS has branded it the Southwest Border Mass Irregular Migration Contingency Plan.
The plan is sweeping, reflecting how serious the Biden administration believes the situation could soon become, worsening a border surge that has troubled it from the beginning.

The Biden administration is considering expediting the resettlement of Ukrainian refugees with US ties, including family already living here, according to a US official. This comes amid growing calls from advocates to do more for the millions of people fleeing war-torn Ukraine.

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris have repeatedly committed to welcoming Ukrainian refugees to the US, but the reality for those trying to reconnect with family in the US is different given the limited ways Ukrainians can legally come to the country.
Nearly 3 million people have already fled Ukraine into neighboring countries, according to the United Nations' refugee agency. While most Ukrainian refugees are likely to stay in Europe, there are those who want to come to the US where they have family. There are more than 1 million people of Ukrainian ancestry in the US, according to 2019 census estimates.
But the options for Ukrainian refugees looking to come to the US are limited. The US refugee resettlement process, for example, can take years to complete, prompting a push from advocates to expedite the process for people who already have relatives in the US and could more easily settle down where those family members are located.

https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/14/politics/ukraine-refugees-us-biden/index.html

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ukrainian-american-refugees-poland-state-department/

The moment the teens were safely on board, Seifi and her husband ran as well. They boarded the next flight from California to Poland, leaving behind their two children the youngest just 2 years old.

"The directions were that, as soon as you get out of the train, you're not going to any volunteers. You sit there and you wait 10 days, 20 days, until your auntie comes to pick you up," she said.

They reunited five days ago on the now-famous train platform in the Polish city of Przemy l, thinking the hard part was over. But that's where the family's luck ran out.

"When we went to the American Embassy, they just turned us away," Seifi said. "They have no sympathy, no understanding. Even when I say I'm an American citizen that wants to take my kids."

As this seems to come up quite a bit I thought I would post some actual experience. Unclear if she had actually applied for anything on just turned up at the American Interests section

Hello,

I am moving to the US on an O-1 visa which has been sponsored by my new company. As it stands, my wife will also be coming with me on an O-3. Our biggest concern is that under the O-3 visa the spouse cannot work. What are the best actions we could take to obtain a work visa for her? I have seen a few potential avenues, although I am not familiar how possible they would be.

1. My company also put me in for the HB-1 lottery which would allow my wife to work, despite the criteria for getting a HB-1 being lower. Can I still try for the lottery and switch visa if I get it so that she can work?

2. The EB-1 green card has a similar (albeit slightly higher) criteria to the O-1. Is it likely I may still get this even if I have just been accepted for O-1?

3. Is there any other options I have not seen, for example something she can apply for?

I'm really struggling to understand why under other very similar visas like HB-1, L-1 etc. the spouse can work, but under O-1 they cannot. It seems mad that we can be living there and it's illegal for her to work!

For some context, we are both British citizens 27 / 29.

Thanks!