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ALL refugee travel to the US has been halted by the State Department – as has refugee processing, according to internal guidance obtained by the BBC’s US partner CBS News.
Officials have reportedly been instructed to stop the refugee referral process overseas and to pause a Biden administration programme allowing private US citizens to sponsor refugees.
The move doesn’t currently affect Special Immigrant Visa holders, who’ve assisted US military forces, the guidance states.
On Monday – the day President Trump was sworn back into the White House – he signed an executive order suspending the US’s Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP), saying America “lacks the ability to absorb large numbers of migrants, and in particular, refugees, into its communities in a manner that does not compromise the availability of resources for Americans”.
The rule halts USRAP until “further entry into the United States of refugees aligns with the interests of the United States”, the order says. BBCnews
A.I
Jan. 22, 2025
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