A Ukrainian family was welcomed in 2023. Now, the Trump administration won't let them work

Yeva Kapusterynska, 10, and her parents Yevgeniy Kapusterynsky and Inna Kapusterynska head to Bonhomme Presbyterian Church for the early morning service in Chesterfield, on Sunday, Oct. They live in the house next door owned by the church, who… Taped up on 10-year-old Yeva Kapusterynska’s bedroom wall are hair clippings from Yeva and her best friend in her home in Chesterfield, on Sunday, Oct.

Yeva made friends through other Ukrainian families in St. Yeva Kapusterynska, 10, center, chats with her friends Milana Popov, 12, right, and Vanessa Popov, 9, after attending the morning church service at Bonhomme Presbyterian Church Memorial Garden in Chesterfield, on Sunday, Oct. I want my kid running again, we used to call her little tornado because she was always running and jumpiing on me,” Inna Kapusterynska said as she cuts a potato to prepare lunch for…

Yevgeniy Kapusterynsky, right, asks his attorney questions as his wife Inna Kapusterynska listens in after they watched the online arraignment of the drunk driver who hit their family three years prior in Wichita, Kansas, in their home in Chesterfield, on… Yevgeniy Kapusterynsky, right, and his daughter Yeva Kapusterynska, 10, look at Inna Kapusterynska as they listen to the online arraignment of the drunk driver who hit them three years prior in Wichita, Kansas, in their home in Chesterfield, on Wednesday,… Inna Kapusterynska claps as her daughter Yeva, 10, successfully writes and speaks an advanced Russian word during a therapy call in their home in Chesterfield, on Wednesday, Sept.

30, 2026, where she works on reading, writing and speaking in Russian,… Yeva Kapusterynska, 10, looks up at her mother, Inna Kapusterynska as they decide what to make for lunch after an afternoon of online classes in their home in Chesterfield, on Wednesday, Sept. Yevgeniy Kapusterynsky, left, assists his 10-year-old daughter Yeva Kapusterynska as they do physical therapy exercises to work on rehabilitating Yeva in their home in Chesterfield, on Wednesday, Sept.

Originally from Odesa, Ukraine, the family came to the United…