The U.S. Department of Homeland Security said it has taken in at least 100,000 Ukrainian refugees since the start of the Russian military operation in Ukraine. She pointed out that “the acceptance of so many Ukrainian refugees comes in fulfillment of President Joe Biden’s promise to provide his country with a safe haven for refugees from this country who fled because of the conflict in it,” stressing that “Washington authorities will continue to address the problems of Ukrainian refugees in coming weeks and coming months.

She noted that “more than 62,000 Ukrainians have received permission to travel to the United States through President Biden’s United for Ukraine portal, and more than 29,000 have arrived outside of this program.”

In addition, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Majorcas said in a statement that his country “welcomes assistance in providing asylum to Ukrainians fleeing the fighting in their homeland,” noting that “the majority of Ukrainians who have entered the United States since March last year have temporary permission to stay in the US.”

He stated that almost 47,000 of them entered the US on temporary or immigrant visas, about 30,000 came through private sponsorship, more than 22,000 came through the border with Mexico, and 500 Ukrainian refugees came through the US refugee system.

Notably, at least 7 million refugees have left Ukraine since Russia launched a military operation against its neighbor, according to UN figures announced last June, with more than 3.5 million of them heading west to Poland.