US EditionJonah Goldberg: You Can’t Hide From War Crimes by Calling Them ‘Fake News’
The visa freeze follows a shooting incident involving two national guardsmen and raises concerns over refugee vetting and asylum opportunities for thousands, officials said.
- Last week, the Trump administration halted all visa and asylum processing for Afghan refugees after two national guardsmen were shot by the suspect, an Afghan national who entered legally in 2021.
- The administration says a vetting breakdown underlies the halt and threatens to re-evaluate refugees admitted under the Biden administration, citing the June 4 proclamation on Afghanistan's lack of authority.
- Abdullah Ameen, an Afghan refugee in Madison, Wisconsin, criticized halting immigration over one suspect and noted many Afghans served with U.S. forces; refugee advocacy groups say "the process... takes years and their background is checked by multiple international organizations", Jason Mack said.
- Advocates say visas were canceled and flights scrubbed, leaving some promised asylum in limbo, while officials will prioritize the 1,860 Afghan nationals with final deportation orders.
- Given large databases and vetting limits, experts on vetting and radicalization caution initial checks through IDENT and DOD's ABIS cannot detect post-entry radicalization, leaving prevention uncertain.
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Goldberg: You can’t hide from war crimes by calling them ‘fake news’
Since September, the United States military has been conducting operations in the Caribbean targeting alleged drug traffickers, leading to a debate on the legality of these actions.
The widespread repression that President Donald Trump declared last week, after an Afghan citizen was accused of shooting two members of the National Guard, is ready to radically reduce the entry and legal life of immigrants into the United States, lifting unparalleled obstacles in recent history.
Already engaged in mass expulsions, the US administration exploits the attack of two members of the National Guard by an Afghan, on 26 November, to restrict legal immigration. An unprecedented screwdrive coupled with a dehumanizing discourse.
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