RAMROD 116,996 Posted January 21, 2025 Share Posted January 21, 2025 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. The U.S. decision also leaves in limbo thousands of other Afghans who have been approved for resettlement as refugees in the U.S. but have not yet been assigned flights from Afghanistan or from neighboring Pakistan, they said. They include nearly 200 family members of Afghan-American active-duty U.S. service personnel born in the U.S. or of Afghans who came to the U.S., joined the military and became naturalized citizens, they said. Those being removed from flights also include an unknown number of Afghans who fought for the former U.S.-backed Kabul government and some 200 unaccompanied children of Afghan refugees or Afghan parents whose children were brought alone to the United States during the U.S. withdrawal, said VanDiver and the U.S. official. Trump made an immigration crackdown a major promise of his victorious 2024 election campaign, leaving the fate of U.S. refugee programs up in the air. The White House and the State Department, which oversees U.S. refugee programs, did not immediately respond to requests for comment. On the contrary, nearly 200,000 Afghans have been brought to the U.S. by former President Joe Biden's administration since the chaotic U.S. troop withdrawal from Kabul. One of the dozens of executive orders Trump is expected to sign after being sworn in for a second term on Monday suspended U.S. refugee programs for at least four months. The new White House website said that Trump "is suspending refugee resettlement, after communities were forced to house large and unsustainable populations of migrants, straining community safety and resources." https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-administration-canceling-flights-nearly-1660-afghan-refugees-say-us-2025-01-20/ (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ✧*:･ﾟ ᶠʳᵒⁿᵗ ᵗᵒʷᵃʳᵈ ᵉⁿᵉᵐʸ (*´艸｀*) ♡♡♡ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morphine Prince 109,645 Posted January 21, 2025 Share Posted January 21, 2025 I mean this with my whole chest: F*ck every single person who voted for this man. I do not care for your reasons. I don’t care that you’re my friend or family. I can never look at you the same way. We will never forget what you people have done. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flippy 14,247 Posted January 21, 2025 Share Posted January 21, 2025 I hate this so much. I really really hate this and can’t believe this clown is about to be in office for the next 4 years. TMBT 3.22.11 // TBTWB 1.17.13 // ArtRAVE 6.3.14 // C2CT 5.28.15 // TJWT 8.13.17 // CWT 9.8.22 // TMB 7.22.25 & 7.24.25 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PartySick 172,394 Posted January 21, 2025 Share Posted January 21, 2025 I need y'all to not do the whole death wish thing please. Trust, we all know and we all agree no need to get us into trouble over it Whimsical bitch Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morphine Prince 109,645 Posted January 21, 2025 Share Posted January 21, 2025 Just now, PartySick said: I need y'all to not do the whole death wish thing please. Trust, we all know and we all agree no need to get us into trouble over it BREAKING: Trump signs executive order declaring GGD an official sponsor of terrorism Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PartySick 172,394 Posted January 21, 2025 Share Posted January 21, 2025 1 hour ago, Morphine Prince said: BREAKING: Trump signs executive order declaring GGD an official sponsor of terrorism Ain't even sorry #EnemyOfTheState Whimsical bitch Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
artdoll 47,163 Posted January 21, 2025 Share Posted January 21, 2025 3 hours ago, Morphine Prince said: BREAKING: Trump signs executive order declaring GGD an official sponsor of terrorism not this...and when they list the moderators... ...a fat cat ...a shark ...michael jackson ...melanie martinez ...ariana grande etc. ｡ﾟ☁ glued up, sometimes it's too much ☁ ﾟ｡ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flippy 14,247 Posted January 21, 2025 Share Posted January 21, 2025 24 minutes ago, artdoll said: not this...and when they list the moderators... ...a fat cat ...a shark ...michael jackson ...melanie martinez ...ariana grande etc. Ok this was hilarious TMBT 3.22.11 // TBTWB 1.17.13 // ArtRAVE 6.3.14 // C2CT 5.28.15 // TJWT 8.13.17 // CWT 9.8.22 // TMB 7.22.25 & 7.24.25 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BornAsUnic0rn 2,245 Posted January 21, 2025 Share Posted January 21, 2025 37 minutes ago, artdoll said: not this...and when they list the moderators... ...a fat cat ...a shark ...michael jackson ...melanie martinez ...ariana grande etc. For the shits & giggles I need Jill on the list. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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