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November 28, 2025
Trump administration will re-examine green card holders from 19 countries
The head of the US Citizenship and Immigration Services, Joseph Edlow, said the president had directed him to conduct "a full scale, rigorous re-examination of every green card for every alien from every country of concern". When asked by the BBC which countries were on the list, the agency pointed to a June proclamation by the White House, external that included Afghanistan, Cuba, Haiti, Iran, Somalia and Venezuela. ... There were no further details about what the re-examination woul ...
Go to discussionRefugee groups worry about backlash after shooting of National Guard soldiers in DC
November 27, 2025, 6:11 PM SEATTLE -- People who work with refugees are worried that those who fled dangerous situations to start again in America will face backlash after authorities say an Afghan national shot two National Guard soldiers this week, killing one of them. Many Afghans living in the U.S. are afraid to leave their houses, fearing they’ll be swept up by immigration officials or attacked with hate speech, said Shawn VanDiver, president of the San Diego-based group #AfghanEvac, a g ...
Go to discussionTrump says he will suspend immigration from all "Third World Countries"
Updated on: November 28, 2025 / 12:58 AM EST / CBS News President Trump said late Thursday night that he would suspend immigration from developing nations to the U.S. In a post to Truth Social, Mr. Trump wrote that he "will permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries to allow the U.S. system to fully recover." The declaration follows Wednesday's shooting in downtown Washington, D.C., just blocks from the White House, in which a National Guard member was killed and a ...
Go to discussionTrump's golf trips have cost taxpayers $71M since January and could eventually top staggering $300M, report says
Thursday 27 November 2025 17:06 EST President Donald Trump has reportedly spent about $71 million in taxpayer-funded costs on golfing during his second term, and if his current pace continues, that total could reach $300 million by the end of his term. According to a HuffPost analysis, Trump’s latest visit, on Wednesday, marked his 16th trip to Mar-a-Lago this year, with each trip costing $3.4 million in travel and security. If Trump makes two more trips to Mar-a-Lago in December ...
Go to discussionDenmark sets up 'night watch' to monitor Trump after Greenland row
Thu 27 Nov 2025 08.14 EST Last modified on Fri 28 Nov 2025 00.23 EST The Danish government has set up a “night watch” in the foreign ministry, not to keep out the wildlings and White Walkers like the Night’s Watch of Game of Thrones, but rather to monitor Donald Trump’s pronouncements and movements while Copenhagen sleeps. The night watch starts at 5pm local time each day and at 7am a report is produced and distributed around the Danish government and relevant departments about what was said ...
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