How does Trump seek systemic changes, do they have a refugee obligation now? | Refugee news
But even a legal victory may not be enough to repay the American refugee system.
Ramji-Nogales of Temple University told Al Jazeera yes, even if legal challenges prevail, there are countless other ways in which Trump administration could make the program almost ineffective.
“If I can’t stop it completely, I can really lower the numbers and really harm the program and its ability to function forward,” she said.
The 1980 legislation created the annual procedure for the president for the installation of the ceilings: the maximum number of refugees that can be allowed to the United States.
Since 1990 Receipt of Refugees have an average About 65,000 a year. However, the 1980 refugees law does not set a minimum on the number of refugees that must be allowed.
The late President Jimmy Carter set the highest bar, with a ceiling for more than 230,000.
Trump, meanwhile, limited the confession for the fiscal year 2020 to 18,000, which marked the historic low. For 2021 – a year ended his first term – he suggested an even smaller number: 15,000.
It is unclear how far Trump can legally minimize the program during his second term, according to Opatila, a lawyer at the US immigration council.
“There is no ton of court practice regarding the types of borders,” the president would say, he said.
For her part, Trump’s administration indicated that there is at least one group that is ready to prioritize refugees: White Africa from South Africa.
In the executive command in February, Trump said that the US would “promote the relocation of African refugees that avoid discrimination based on races, including racial discrimination seizure of property.”
South African President Cyril Ramaphos, however, said Trump’s claims against white discrimination are false.
It is unclear what the effect of all these changes will be, according to Ramji-Nogales.
She noted that there was traditionally a double -sided support for the refugee program, as he overlapped with religious interests and efforts to promote “soft power” abroad.
That was true even when in recent decades they have been publicly felt about refugees at various points, she said.
But Trump has so far faced a little opposition to his own Republican party during his second term.
“What happens next depends on what’s going on in the middle election and depends on what happens to the next presidential election,” Ramji-Nogales said.
“But I think the long -term consequences for both the United States will be unhappy for the rest of the world.”
