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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    • ILikeBoobies@lemmy.caEnglish
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      9 months ago

      I know the pro-Palestine crowd has gotten a lot dumber since Russia needed the distraction but you really saw an article about Biden protecting Palestinians and thought it would be a good time to say that?

      You could have probably waited 30 seconds to find an article appropriate for such a response

      • meep_launcher@lemm.eeEnglish
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        9 months ago

        Joe is both “Genocide Joe” and “Pro Hamas Joe” depending on who you ask. The way I see it, he’s an unpopular president of a deeply fractured country with fascism knocking on the door while a geopolitical ally is commiting atrocities and another is is being attacked by our historic adversary. He is being faced with a million prisoner’s trolley problemmas. This won’t obsolve him of his role in the conflict, but we should recognize that he is in a precarious position with some very real reasons to have pause.

        Take note: Biden has been able to pass a shit ton of legislation and so did LBJ, but to think either of them got a free lunch is deeply misguided. LBJ had to make Vietnam happen to get the welfare state. “I gave you your damn war, now give me my programs”.

        With the election coming up, he can’t just consider Palestine as the only priority. Medicare funding. Voting rights. Abortion rights. Gun control. Debt forgiveness. Inflation. Climate change. If he loses the moderate vote, which is not as pro-palestine as the progressive left, he loses everything. (Side note: this is why you absolutely should vote for Biden. If he and the DNC sees that the progressive left cary a large portion of their votes, they will act accordingly. People who don’t vote are politically useless)

        If you follow a multitude of news outlets, you might pick up on how Joe and Netanyahu have had strained relations (you can imagine how those calls are going). Joe continues the US stance of a two state solution (remember that Trump favors full Israeli control of Palestine).

        I mean, yes we need to continue to push for Joe to call for a cease fire, but immediately pulling the plug on Israel funding will have negative consequences domestically and abroad.

        Remember that Iran is set to have nuclear capabilities by the end of the year. While there needs to be freedom for Palestine, let’s not pretend an anti Zionist solution won’t result in millions of dead Jews. If “well one side needs to agree to be annihilated” is your solution, you won’t find peace anytime soon as people won’t just agree to die, especially people with a well equipped Army (and an undisclosed amount of nukes).

        The other possibility is that Israel wouldn’t just take losing funding from the US. If we cut ties with Israel completely, they would look to their older ally, Russia (people forget Israel once was cozy with Moscow). We need Israel to stop their genocide, but we certainly don’t want them, nor their nukes, as an enemy.

        That said there are good reasons to cut funding. Cutting funding could be the push to get Israelis to oust Bibi in favor of a more liberal government. Cutting funding could boost the US in popularity with our NATO allies and also woo India, Brazil, and South Africa away from China and Russia. We have to ask if the risk is worth it, and what are the odds of each outcome.

        If you’re interested in why leaders don’t come to the same obvious conclusions that you do, I would recommend CGP Grey’s 20 minute video, Rules for Rulers

        If this shit was easy there wouldn’t be a degree in Political Science.

          • meep_launcher@lemm.eeEnglish
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            9 months ago

            Damnit this isn’t working for me.

            If I could have left YouTube for Piped I would have had to change my pants.

            Until then, nice try bot :/

      • Linkerbaan@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        9 months ago

        Sorry I saw some irrelevant propaganda on top here while Genocide Joe is trying to give israel 14 billion dollars in weapons.

    • Maggoty@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      9 months ago

      Yeah this is where we’re going to diverge again. We need to pressure Biden. But allowing Trump to win will be a disaster of global proportions. And those are our two choices.

    • SpaceCowboy@lemmy.caEnglish
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      9 months ago

      “A lie told once remains a lie but a lie told a thousand times becomes the truth”

      “This is the secret of propaganda: Those who are to be persuaded by it should be completely immersed in the ideas of the propaganda, without ever noticing that they are being immersed in it.”

      Both quotes by Joseph Goebbels. Friend of yours?

      Then there’s this one:

      “Accuse the other side of that which you are guilty”

      May not be Goebbels, but sounds like something he’d say.

    • assassin_aragorn@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      9 months ago

      Daily reminder that if Trump wins, all of these people will be deported. He’s said he’ll refuse all Palestinian refugees.

      The reality is that no matter what you do, you are complicit. Unless you go to jail for tax evasion, you’re helping fund the genocide. If you don’t vote, or you vote for an unviable candidate, you’re allowing a candidate endorsing genocide to win.

      There is no option that will not make you complicit in genocide. That’s the shitty reality we have to accept. Within that reality, there are options which will make human suffering worse, and there are options which will lessen suffering. All we can do is choose the options that minimize human suffering.

      Whatever happens in November will not stop the genocide, but we can make sure that what happens will put us on the path to stopping it. It’s my belief that if Democrats win decisively, the Republican Party will be finished. Their brand of fascism will be thoroughly rejected, and the party will splinter. At that point in time, Democrats will absorb moderate Republicans, and they’ll split in two. We’ll have the moderate, Democrat party. A smaller progressive party. And a tiny fascist party. That progressive party will grow over time until it can influence policy.

      Or, to put it more simply, I don’t need Biden to win. I need Trump and Republicans to badly lose.