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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  • R0cket_M00se@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    9 months ago

    Student loan forgiveness is kicking a can down the road on the taxpayers dime, we didn’t solve shit we just spent a fuck ton of money to stop this generation from going under due to insane tuition inflation in the last 50 years.

    Thank God, but is weed federally legal? No? Then just like tuition forgiveness they do some pittance of lip service and you idiots pretend like they’re making progress. Kicking. The. Can. Down. The. Road.

    As for the 6000 refugees, we all know that’s just to bleed some heat from the fact that Democrats have been supporting Israel since they started this genocide.

    I’m not a conservative you nonce, I’m just not stupid enough to think this bare minimum bullshit is actually doing anything to solve real problems.