Russia’s bloody invasion of Ukraine continues, with more civilian casualties and displacement every day. Polls show that Americans overwhelmingly side with the Ukrainian people. That begs a question: Why aren’t we doing more to accept Ukrainian refugees?

The war has forced more than 3 million Ukrainians to flee their homes, but, as reported by CNN, the United States has accepted only 690 Ukrainian refugees. The little movement we have made so far on this front has come in the form of allowing Ukrainians already in the U.S. to remain in the country. Unfortunately, our legal immigration system is a broken, dysfunctional, archaic nightmare. President Joe Biden may be able to take some steps to accept more Ukrainians into the U.S., but what we really need is both parties in Congress to come together and pass legislation welcoming several hundred thousand refugees to the U.S.