The president, who is facing mounting criticism over U.S. support for Israel, used an authority that exempts people from deportation if their homeland is in crisis.

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.

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  • mods_are_assholes@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    9 months ago

    Ok let me rephrase without the but.

    The United States government will never give up a military foothold in the middle east willingly.

    That’s it.

    No buts, no stupid opinions, no fuckdamn condescension.

    Good job contributing zero to the discussion.

    That’s literally what ‘but’ means; you’re saying that the benefit of using Israel as a staging area for attacks outweighs the genocide.

    I don’t think that, but my government obviously does and nothing you or I can say about it will change it.

    You are deliberately trying to monolith my personal positions with that of my government, this is a forum sliding tactic common with the alt-right trying to ‘concern troll’ a thread to death, and I really wish that there was a Lemmy version of RES so I could flag you as a likely forum disruptor.

    With full sincerity I encourage you choose to make the decision to not reply to any of my posts again. Thanks.