“I thought when we left Russia that our suffering would be over,” Shevchuk, 28, said in an interview from the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Pine Prairie, Louisiana. “I feel helpless.’’

As Russian President Vladimir Putin cracks down on dissidents and arrests draft dodgers, growing numbers of Russians are making their way across the U.S. southern border. But contrary to their expectations of asylum and freedom, many of them are being put into immigration detention centers that resemble prisons.

Even before Russia’s assault on Ukraine, anti-government activists had been pouring out of the country and seeking refuge in the United States. The exodus intensified after the war began in late February, reaching the highest tallies in recent history. In the 2022 fiscal year, 21,763 Russians were processed by U.S. authorities at the southern border, compared with 467 in 2020. In October alone, 3,879 came."
https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/anti-war-activists-who-flee-russia-find-detention-not-freedom-in-u-s/
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