Trump’s Suspension of Refugee Admissions Puts Afghans at Risk, Advocate Says
The order “risks abandoning thousands of Afghan wartime allies” who worked with Americans before the Taliban takeover, the head of a resettlement group said.
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The order “risks abandoning thousands of Afghan wartime allies” who worked with Americans before the Taliban takeover, the head of a resettlement group said.
The administration will take steps to roll back federal support for racial equity and protections for transgender people.
President Trump, who has criticized refugee resettlement, moved on his first day in office to suspend the decades-old program to admit persecuted people to the United States.
Shortly after taking office Monday, the president issued the order to delay the app’s ban by at least 75 days. The law went into effect on Sunday.
The move is likely to face some pushback in Alaska, where the Alaska Native name has long been favored for the continent’s tallest mountain.
The president’s executive action on trade will keep all possibilities on the table, including eventual tariffs against China, Canada and Mexico.
The incoming president’s team said he would take unilateral action on a variety of fronts during his first hours in office, including 10 executive orders cracking down on immigration and immigrants.
The incoming deputy chief of staff told lawmakers that early action would include directives to give President-elect Donald J. Trump more control over federal workers, as well as on energy and immigration.
We’ll have more than two dozen reporters and visual journalists covering the events in real time, starting early Monday morning.
The Supreme Court on Friday upheld a law that could result in the app going offline as soon as Sunday.