PROBLEM.
>> THANKS VERY MUCH, MARK POCAN.
>> SURE.
THANK YOU.
>> AND UKRAINIANS WHO ARRIVE BY
APRIL 11, FLEEING THE WAR AND
RUSSIAN VIOLENCE OF ELIGIBLE FOR
TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS.
SHIELDING THEM, AND GRANTING
THEM PERMISSION TO WORK AND
ACCESS SERVICES.
GOOD NEWS FOR A UKRAINIAN MOTHER
NOW IN WISCONSIN WITH HER
DAUGHTER, FINDING REFUGE, IF NOT
RELIEF.
>> VARVARA IS LIKE ANY OTHER
6-YEAR-OLD GIRL.
EVERY MORNING SHE GETS READY FOR
SCHOOL WITH THE HELP OF HER
PARENTS.
SHE HAS ONLY HAD THIS PARTICULAR
ROUTINE FOR ABOUT TWO MONTHS.
EVER SINCE SHE AND HER MOTHER
ESCAPED UKRAINE.
THEY CAME TO MADISON TO STAY
WITH FRIENDS.
>> WE WERE ALL IN CONTROL.
IN CHARGE.
>> THE MOTHER, ANNA, VIDEO CALLS
HER HUSBAND, SASHA, VARVARA'S
FATHER, BACK IN UKRAINE EVERY
MORNING.
AND SAME AS IF HE WERE HERE WITH
THEM, HE ACCOMPANIES THE TWO ON
THE HALF MILE WALK TO SCHOOL.
>> I HIT EVERY ONE.
I HAVE FAMILY.
I HAVE HUSBAND.
I HAVE PERFECT, BEST DAUGHTER.
>> HAVE A GOOD DAY, KIDDO.
>> I COULDN'T ACCEPT THIS NEW
REALITY.
IT'S LIKE MAYBE A DREAM.
>> OR NIGHTMARE.
>> NIGHTMARE.
>> THE RUSSIAN ARMY CAME.
IT WAS FORCED DECISION.
AND TO -- WE CAN'T DECIDE BY
OURSELVES WHAT WE WOULD DO,
WHERE WE WILL LIVE, HOW WE WILL
LIVE.
THEY DECIDED FOR US.
>> WHAT WAS IT LIKE MAKING THAT
DECISION?
OKAY, WE NEED TO LEAVE, AND
FIGURING OUT HOW WE WERE GOING
TO LEAVE?
>> MY HUSBAND HE ASKED EVERY
DAY.
YOU SHOULD LEAVE.
YOU SHOULD LEAVE, PLEASE.
YOU SHOULD LEAVE.
I SAW PICTURE OF A DEAD GIRL ON
INTERNET.
AND SHE WAS THE SAME AGE LIKE MY
VARVARA.
AND I THOUGHT IT COULD BE MY KID
TOO.
>> THEY MADE IT TO THE U.S. ON
MARCH 3RD.
>> WHAT DID YOU FEEL WHEN YOU
CAME TO THE UNITED STATES?
>> GUILTY.
>> WHY?
>> BECAUSE I AM SAFE.
BUT ALL MY FAMILY, NOT.
THEY HAVE STAYED IN UKRAINE.
>> MORE THAN ANYTHING, ANNA
WANTS TO GO HOME.
>> AND I AM HERE ONLY BECAUSE OF
VARVARA.
I THINK IF I DIDN'T HAVE
VARVARA, I WOULD BE IN UKRAINE
WITH MY HUSBAND, AND WITH ALL OF
MY FAMILY.
>> BUT SHE'S ALSO SEEING THINGS
THROUGH HER YOUNG DAUGHTER'S
EYES.
>> OUR POLISH FRIENDS, THEY ASK
TO SHARE THIS HOME.
AND SHE SAID, YES.
I MISS HOME.
BUT I WANT TO LIVE TOO.
>> HER RELATIVES REFUSED TO
BELIEVE THE REALITY.
>> I HAVE RELATIVES IN RUSSIA.
AND THEY DIDN'T BELIEVE.
THEY DIDN'T BELIEVE ME.
I SENT PICTURES FROM MY
APARTMENT.
AND IT'LL TOUCH THEM PERSONALLY.
I THINK THEY WILL WAKE UP.
>> WITHOUT KNOWING THE FUTURE,
ANNA ENDURES.
WHAT BRINGS YOU JOY?
>> GOOD NEWS FROM HOME.
ONLY GOOD NEWS.
>> HER HUSBAND COMFORTS HER FROM
INSIDE THE WAR ZONE.
>> YEAH.
I'M OKAY.
BUT I HEAR, SASHA, SASHA.
SOMEONE CLOSE THE DOOR.
I THINK HOPE -- UNITED BECAUSE
OF UKRAINE.
>> SHE FEARS THE WORLD WILL SOON
FORGET UKRAINE.
>> I AM AFRAID THAT IT'LL BE
EVERYDAY NEWS.
I HAD LIFE, I HAD EVERYTHING,
AND NOW WE HAVE NOTHING.
>> WHAT DOES VICTORY MEAN TO
YOU?
>> WE WILL FREE AGAIN.