President Trump signed an executive order on Inauguration Day suspending the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program. The order says that the secretaries of state and homeland security may admit some refugees on a case-by-case basis if it’s in the national interest and poses no threat to the U.S.
Overall, this policy is a welcome reprieve from the mass movement of people into America that the Biden administration facilitated. The goal behind the order is to create a refugee admissions program in line with U.S. interests: one that enables refugees to assimilate, boosts state and local involvement in their resettlement and absorption, doesn’t reduce the availability of resources intended for Americans, and doesn’t threaten public safety or national security.
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