Trump administration cancels travel for refugees already cleared to resettle in the US

By FARNOUSH AMIRI and REBECCA SANTANA, Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — Refugees who had been approved to question to the United States earlier a Jan. 27 deadline suspending America’s exile resettlement programme person had their question plans canceled by the Trump administration.

Thousands of refugees are present stranded astatine assorted locations astir the globe.

The suspension was successful an enforcement bid signed by President Donald Trump connected Monday. It near unfastened the anticipation that radical who had undergone the lengthy process to beryllium approved arsenic refugees and permitted to travel to the U.S., and had flights booked earlier that deadline, mightiness inactive beryllium capable to get successful nether the wire.

But successful an email reviewed Wednesday by The Associated Press, the U.S. bureau overseeing exile processing and accomplishment told unit and stakeholders that “refugee accomplishment to the United States person been suspended until further notice.”

Among those affected are the much than 1,600 Afghans cleared to resettle successful the U.S. arsenic portion of the programme that the Biden medication acceptable up aft the American withdrawal from Afghanistan successful 2021. That fig includes those who worked alongside American soldiers during the warfare arsenic good arsenic household members of active-duty U.S. subject personnel.

Trump’s bid had fixed the bureau until Jan. 27 earlier it began to halt each processing and traveling. Now, however, it appears the timing successful the bid was moved up. It was not instantly wide what prompted the change.

Refugees are chiseled from radical who travel straight to the U.S.-Mexico borderline with the extremity of yet seeking asylum successful the U.S. Refugees indispensable beryllium surviving extracurricular of the U.S. to beryllium considered for resettlement and are usually referred to the State Department by the United Nations.

They acquisition extended screening earlier coming to the U.S. Once successful the U.S., they are usually paired with a resettlement bureau that helps them set to beingness successful America. That includes assistance uncovering a occupation and get their children enrolled successful school.