This report by Jonathan Landay at Reuters saddened me:
WASHINGTON, Jan 20 (Reuters) – Nearly 1,660 Afghans cleared by the U.S. government to resettle in the U.S., including family members of active-duty U.S. military personnel, are having their flights canceled under President Donald Trump’s order suspending U.S. refugee programs, a U.S. official and a leading refugee resettlement advocate said on Monday.
The group includes unaccompanied minors awaiting reunification with their families in the U.S. as well as Afghans at risk of Taliban retribution because they fought for the former U.S.-backed Afghan government, said Shawn VanDiver, head of the #AfghanEvac coalition of U.S. veterans and advocacy groups and the U.S. official, who spoke on condition of anonymity.
I have been predicting this for some time. Phony refugee claims poison the well for legitimate ones and screen Afghan claims certainly sound legitimate to me.
Meh. Prior to Trump we understood that there are different kinds of immigrants. We applied different standards to them. For example Biden deported way more illegals than Trump. (As an aside Remain in Mexico had very little effect on illegal numbers if you look at the detailed numbers Nowrasteh noted.) However, Trump got elected by rousing broad anti-immigrant sentiments. As we saw during the recent kerfuffle that Elon and Vivek helped foment, the true MAGA people would rather have no immigrants rather than accept immigrants who would add real value to the country.
So, totally not surprised these Afghans got booted. Besides, they are probably Muslims.
Steve
“For example Biden deported way more illegals than Trump.”
Biden deported more because of Title 42 (Covid) and because more immigrants came in. A bigger population to draw upon.
You need to look at net numbers.
Fact: fewer criminals were deported by Biden.
Why do you lie so much, Steve?