President Biden on Wednesday shielded thousands of Palestinians in the United States from deportation for the next 18 months, using an obscure immigration authority as he faces mounting criticism over U.S. support for Israel in the Gaza war.
About 6,000 Palestinians are eligible for the reprieve under a program called Deferred Enforced Departure, which allows immigrants whose homelands are in crisis to remain in the United States and work legally.
In a memo obtained by The New York Times, Mr. Biden said that “many civilians remain in danger” in Gaza after the Oct. 7 attacks by Hamas.
“Therefore, I am directing the deferral of removal of certain Palestinians who are present in the United States,” he said.
“Deportation” means forceful expulsion.
Also, Palestinians aren’t fighting Israel, they can’t. They’re completely at the mercy of Israel. The people fighting Israel in Gaza are Millitant Groups who originated in Iran and Egypt, and who who obtain all of their weapons and funding from Iran, Egypt, and Israel. Some Palestinians might be fighting for Hamas but Hamas was never fighting for Palestine.