American citizens can now sponsor refugees. Here’s how it works

‘You have five friends as soon as you step off the plane. It can take a long time to make five friends in the United States as a newcomer otherwise.’ John Schrager, an attorney in Minneapolis, can pinpoint the moment that he, his wife, Mary, and his daughters felt a true bond with the Ukrainian refugee family they are sponsoring. Less than two months into the arrangement, Schrager’s 17-year-old daughter received a text from the Ukrainian family’s 8-year-old girl. “Now I decide you are...